KIDS PLANS
Family holiday planning, activities especially dedicated to kids.
Our top tips are marked with a star ★
Pavilhão do Conhecimento/ Pavilion of Knowledge ★
It is a museum but is not one of those that kids do not like. It is an interactive museum that has the objective of encouraging kids to like science and to teach them about it in a relaxed way. To accomplish this, there are tons of funny activities, experiments and exhibitions that let kids explore this theme in an active way. This is definitely something that your kid will never forget about, it is totally worth it!
Address: Largo José Mariano Gago nº1, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 18.00 from Tuesday to Friday; 10.00 - 13.00 on weekends
Price: Kids (3-11 years old) - 7€; Teenager (12-17 years old) - 8€; Adult - 10€; Senior - 7€
Contact: +351 21 891 71 00
Website: www.pavconhecimento.pt
Oceanário de Lisboa/ Lisbon Oceanarium ★
The Oceanarium of Lisbon is the biggest interior oceanarium of the entire Europe, and only this already says a lot about how remarkable this activity can be. The building is surrounded by water, symbolizing a floating port. On the oceanarium there are 16000 animals of 450 different marine species, divided in different aquariums and spaces. It is an experience that you cannot lose, and it is 100% sure something unforgettable.
Address: Esplanada Dom Carlos, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 20.00 every day
Price: Babies (0-3 years old) - free; Kids (4-12 years old) - 10€; Adults (13-64 years old) - 19€; Seniors - 13€; Families (2 adults + 2 kids) - 47€
Contact: +351 218 917 000; info@oceanario.pt
Website: www.oceanario.pt
Hippotrip ★
90min of fun on an aquatic vehicle that looks like a bus but is also a boat. It is an entertaining and distinct way of visiting the capital, as it goes on the ground and on the water.
It dives on the Tejo River, and it has a guide for those who want to know a little more about what they are seeing.
Address: Rua Cidade do Lobito, Olivais Sul, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00, 12.00, 14.05, 16.00 every day and from April to September there is also at 18.00
Price: Kids (2-16 years old) - 16€; Adults (17-65 years old) - 28€; Seniors (65+ years old) - 16€
Contact: +351 21 192 2030; info@hippotrip.com
Website: www.hippotrip.com
Kidzania
Kidzania is the children city. It is an interior space that looks just like a normal city, but slightly smaller scaled, where kids can have an interactive day as an adult. They can get jobs and receive money that they can spend on food or products they want, but they can also be thieves and go to the jail. It has more than 60 different careers that can try in only a day, or they can decide that they prefer to fly on a plain, or go to a disco, or even to go learn how to drive a car, but to do that they first have to pass on the license exam!
At the entrance they give each kid what they are going to need to survive in this world: the access ticket, 50KidZos (money), a map and a bracelet that they can use to find their parents or be found by them.
Address: UBBO, C.C, Avenida Cruzeiro Seixas 7 Loja 1054, Amadora, Portugal
Open hours: 11.00 - 19.00 on weekends, 10.00 - 15.30 from Wednesday to Friday (on school time), 10.00 - 18.00 from Wednesday to Friday (on holidays)
Price: Babies (0-2 years old) - free; Young kids (3-4 years old) - 14.50€; Kids (5-15 years old) - 22.50€; Adults - 10€; Seniors - 8€
Contact: +351 21 154 55 30; info@kidzania.pt
Website: www.lisboa.kidzania.com
Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian/ Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium
With a dome of 25m, this planetarium is destined to observe the stars and its constellations. On the biggest room, there is a projector that simulates the sky on the interior of the dome, where you can watch the stars and the movements of the sun and of the galaxy. You can also see the moon from different perspectives and understand better the lunar eclipses with an audio-visual.
Address: Empire Square, Praça do Império, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 09.30 - 12.00 and 13.30 - 16.00 from Tuesday to Friday; 13.30 - 17.00 on Saturdays; 10.30 - 12.00 and 13.30 - 17.00 on Sunday
Price: Babies (0-3 years old) - free; Kids (4-12 years old) - 2,50€; Adults - 5€; Seniors (65+ years old) - 2,50€; Families (2 adults + 2 kids) - 12€, each extra kid + 1,25€
Contact: +351 21 097 7350; +351 21 097 7351; planetario@marinha.pt
Website: www.ccm.marinha.pt/pt/planetario
Quinta Pedagógica dos Olivais/ Pedagogical Farm of Olivais
This farm has approximately 2 hectares with diverse activities such as farming and doing the daily tasks, working on the garden, and helping to feed the animals, washing and composting and even learn how to do certain foods (as for example, butter and jam). There are tons of animals in this farm, as birds, horses, ducks, dogs, chickens, pigs, goats, sheep and many other ones.
Address: Rua Cidade do Lobito, Olivais Sul, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 09.00 - 17.30 every day except Monday
Price: free
Contact: +351 21 855 09 30; quinta.pedagogica@cm-lisboa.pt
Website: www.quintapedagogica.cm-lisboa.pt/
Parque da Serafina/ Serafina Park
Serafina Park has approximately 6 hectares, and it has different areas with different themes inside it. It includes a restaurant, a picnic park, playgrounds, driving school for kids, a bandstand, a viewpoint, and inflatables. It has wide gardens and lawns, and many trees.
Address: Estrada da Serafina, Lisboa, Portugal
Open hours: 09.00 - 18.00 during winter, 09.00 - 20.00 during summer
Price: free
Contact: +351 21 774 3021; +351 808 203 232; +351 218 170 552
Piscinas Oceânicas/ Oceanic Pools
The Oceanic pools are constituted by two water plans, one for kids and one for adults, this meaning that the kids zone has smaller depth. There are also four different platforms that you can jump of, with heights of 0.70cm, 2m, 5m and 7.5m. The pool where you jump to have 4.50m of depth for security reasons and there are always lifeguards. It also has many sun loungers where you can relax and a bar where you can eat and drink.
Address: Passeio Marítimo de Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal
Open hours: 10.00 - 19.00 on June and September, 09.30 - 20.00 on July and August
Price: Kids (4-11 years old) - 8.90€; Adults - 14.10€; on weekends it changes to Kids - 10€ and Adults - 16€
Contact: +351 214 462 550; poceanica@oeirasviva.pt
Website: www.oeirasviva.pt/oeiras-marina/?id=20&title=piscina-oceanica
Bounce Portugal
This is a gigantic park covered by more than 100 trampolines! It is a super funny and energetic activity to go with kids, since you go there to spend 1h jumping in different trampolines and doing different games and tricks!
Address: Avenida dos Cavaleiros 35, Carnaxide, Portugal
Open hours: 16.00 - 21.00 on weekdays, 10.00 - 20.00 on weekends
Price: Kids (- 1.10m) - 10€ the first hour, 8€ the second hour; Adults (+1.10m) - 13€ the first hour, 8€ the second hour; Family (4 people, 2 adults max) - 38€ the first hour, 32€ the second hour; 2h Student pass - 10€ (only available on school time, on weekdays); 3h Super Session - 13€ (on Friday, 20.00 - 23.00)
Contact: +351 212 698 400; info@bounceinc.pt
Website: www.bounceinc.pt