Parliament's home in a former Benedictine monastery, with guided tours only for pre-booked groups.

On Largo de São Domingos, the Almada palace where the 1640 conspirators met; guided tours by appointment only.

In Benfica, the Marquises of Fronteira's 17th-century retreat, with box gardens and the largest in-situ collection of 17th-century tiles.

In the Convent of Jesus, Friar José Mayne's natural history cabinet; temporarily closed for refurbishment works.

On Portas de Santo Antão, the Sala Portugal holds ethnographic collections gathered since 1875; open on weekdays only.

In the former Royal Arsenal at Santa Apolónia, one of the world's most complete artillery collections, with paintings and tiles.

At Portas do Sol, a 17th-century palace with furniture, silver, faience and tiles from the 15th to 18th centuries, and craft workshops.

In Campo de Ourique, the house where Pessoa lived from 1920 to 1935, with his private library, classified as a National Treasure.

In central Lisbon, collector Medeiros e Almeida's house, with clocks, Chinese porcelain, silver and fans.

A 19th-century museum of fossils, minerals and rocks, with the most complete stegosaur skeleton ever found in Europe.

By the river, five centuries of post and telecommunications in Portugal, from the mail coach to submarine cables and the internet.

In the neo-Moorish bullring of 1892, a museum devoted to bullfighting and the history of Campo Pequeno; opening hours not published.