ShoppingThe Old Tart House of Belem

out of 100 points
based on 84 reviews
No. 1 out of 25 Shopping in Lisbon

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Close to a hotel that is good value for money. Deals Hotel Jerónimos 8 Double Room (per night) 10.03. - 11.03.

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£71

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RatesToGo rate

£75

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DizzyGoat rate

£86

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out of 100
Overall rating includes:
89
Accessibility
93
"Must See"-Factor
85
Budget Friendliness
90
Ambiance
86
Guests
90
Food
86
Service
90
Cult Factor

Address Rua de Belém, 84-92
Lisboa
1300-085

Telephone: +351(21)3637423

Fax: +351(21)3638078

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Surroundings

Adega de Belem
(0 miles)
Jardim Botânico Tropical
(0.1 miles)
Palácio Nacional de Belém
(0.2 miles)
National Coach Museum
(0.2 miles)
Museu da Presidência da República
(0.2 miles)
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
(0.2 miles)
Mosteiro dos Jerônimos
(0.2 miles)
Coisas de Comer
(0.2 miles)
Da Associação Naval de Lisboa
(0.2 miles)
Doca de Belém
(0.2 miles)

Reviews Shopping The Old Tart House of Belem All reviews

Praskipark(57)
Warsaw, Poland

98%

excellent

[Praskipark, 16/04/2009] There are many fine restaurants in Belem. In fact, they line the Rua de Belem, which leads away from the Jeronimos monastery into the town centre. Now if you have been to Portugal before you will certainly have eaten a pastel de nata which is an egg custard tart made of the lightest, flakiest pastry ever. Believe me, nobody makes these little tarts like the Portuguese. There is a traditional cafe called Fabrica dos Pasteis de Belem and it is here where they make the egg custards but the Lisboans call them Pastel de Belem and they have been making them on these premises since 1837. This [more]

koshkha(46)
Northampton, United Kingdom

98%

excellent

[koshkha, 15/10/2006] When I was a child my confectionery tastes leant towards the towering heaps of chocolate, whipped cream and nuts. I would inevitably plump (appropriate word that) for the biggest, naughtiest cake in the shop. The one you didn't know whether to eat or climb. But as I've got older and - questionably - more sophisticated, I've come to see that there's little in life that beats a really good custard tart in any of its many manifestations. As an ex-fatty I am, like an alcoholic, only ever one or two tarts away from heading back down the slippery slope of over-indulgence. Most of the time the [more]