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💡 The Short Version: The cloister ticket is €18, from the kiosk opposite the monastery or the operator’s online ticket office, where it shows at €19.11. Online tickets are for a day and an hourly slot, and the operator warns that they often sell out and cannot be bought on the day. The church is free, with its own hours, and the monastery is closed on Mondays. At busy times the ticket office warns of queues of more than two hours. Or book a tour: the Belém walking tour with the monastery’s cloister ticketad (from £58.94, GetYourGuide, 1 October 2026) adds a guide, the church and a pastel de Belém, and the monastery supplies no audio guides of its own.
The tickets, compared
Official prices from the operator’s visiting page (in Portuguese), 1 October 2026, converted at the ECB rate of 30 September 2026 (€1 = £0.855). GetYourGuide prices are its lowest “from” price on 1 October 2026.
| Ticket | Price | What it covers | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloister, full price | €18 (about £15.38) | The cloister, ground floor and first floor, in the slot on the ticket | Most visitors |
| Reduced | €9 | The same, for ages 65 and over and ages 13 to 24 | Seniors and young visitors |
| Family | Half price | The same, for at least one adult and one minor; sold only at the physical ticket office | Families who will queue at the kiosk |
| Free | €0 | Children up to 12; residents of Portugal on 52 days a year; the church for everyone | Anyone who qualifies |
| Monastery and Coaches Museum | €30 | Both, on one ticket | A plan that includes the Coaches Museum, also in Belém |
| Monastery, Coaches Museum and Ajuda Palace | €40 | All three | The Royal route; the three cost €48 bought separately |
| Entry-only listing on GetYourGuide | From £15.38 | The cloister on the date and at the time you pick; non-refundable | Anyone who prefers to book there; it costs the same as the €18 list price |
- The church has its own hours. Entry is free, and the operator reserves the right to limit numbers if a rush builds.
- No audio guides. The monastery says it provides neither audio guides nor audio systems.
- Free days. The operator’s rules list free entry on 18 April, 18 May and the European Heritage Days in September, on the instructions of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal.
- The Lisboa Card gets in free, with a catch. The slot must be reserved with the card number, and only after the card has been collected in Lisbon. See is the Lisboa Card worth it?.
How to buy
- Online: on the ticket office of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, reached from the monastery’s own site. You choose the day and an hourly slot. The slots are 9:30 to 10:30, then hourly to 14:30 to 15:30, and a last slot from 15:30 to 17:00. Entry is checked by QR code or barcode.
- At the kiosk: a kiosk in the square opposite the monastery issues physical tickets for both the monastery and the Tower. The ticket offices close at 16:30.
- The first slot is shared with tour groups. From 9:30 to 10:30 the monastery runs a separate lane for guided groups that hold tickets for that slot.
- The online price. The ticket office shows €19.11 for the full-price ticket, so budget about €1 more than the €18 list price.
- Only two official sellers. The operator names the kiosk and its online ticket office. A ticket from any other site is a resale.
Tours worth paying for
A guide is what the tours add: the monastery has none of its own. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price on 1 October 2026, per person.
Belém walking tour with the cloister, the church and a pastel de Belém
From £58.94 · 4.9 stars from 1,276 reviews · 3 hours
Lisbon: Belém, Jerónimos Monastery (+optional Tower or Boat)ad includes the cloister ticket and a guided visit, the church and Vasco da Gama’s tomb, a tasting of the original pastel de Belém and the Monument to the Discoveries. A visit to the Belém Tower, morning or afternoon, and a Tagus boat trip are extras at booking. It meets at the cafeteria of the Maritime Museum, in the same square. Free cancellation.
Monastery tickets and a guided tour
From £37.58 · 4.9 stars from 272 reviews · 2 hours
Belém: Jeronimos Monastery, Tickets and Guided tourad is the shortest of the three: a guided visit of the monastery of about 1½ hours, then 40 minutes at the Monument to the Discoveries. Entry is included, in English or Spanish. It is £22.20 more than the entry ticket alone, and the difference pays for the guide. Free cancellation, and a free reschedule if the monastery closes for a strike or a state event.
Small-group walk with a Belém guide
From £47.88 · 4.7 stars from 643 reviews · 3 hours
Lisbon: Belem Walking Tour with Jeronimos Monastery Ticketad is a small-group walk led by an official guide who lives in Belém: a pastel de Belém, a guided visit of the cloister with the entry ticket included, the riverside to the Monument to the Discoveries and a finish at the Belém Tower. Tower entry is not included. Free cancellation.
What to see
King Manuel I founded the monastery in 1496 and gave it to the Order of St Jerome; it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. The visit has two parts with separate caps: the church, for up to 200 people at a time, and the cloister, for up to 300. The whole monastery takes at most 3,500 visitors a day.
The south front of the Jerónimos Monastery church in Belém. Photo: NorbertNagel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The church. Free. Vasco da Gama and the poet Luís de Camões are buried here. It opens Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30 and on Sundays from 14:00, and it can close for services.
- The lower cloister. Visitors keep to the galleries: the rules bar stepping into the centre of the cloister or sitting on the benches. The poet Fernando Pessoa’s tomb is in this part.
- The upper cloister. Reached by stairs, and closed to strollers and wheelchairs. The ground floor, the church and the lower cloister are accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.
Allow about an hour for the cloister and the church; a guided visit takes 1½ hours. What to skip: nothing inside is optional, but the Coaches Museum, also in Belém, is a separate ticket, and so is the Tower. A few minutes along Rua de Belém, at numbers 84 to 92, is the Pastéis de Belém bakery.
A gallery of the cloister at the Jerónimos Monastery. Photo: Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hours, rules and getting there
- Cloister: Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 to 17:30, last entry 17:00.
- Closed: Mondays, and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 13 June (Lisbon’s city holiday; see Santos Populares) and 25 December. The monument can close for state events.
- Bags: large suitcases, trolleys and backpacks are not allowed in. There is no food or drink inside, and wet umbrellas are left at the ticket check.
- Photos: allowed without flash, tripods or selfie sticks, and with non-professional equipment.
- Children: under-12s must be with an adult.
- Queues: the ticket office warns that at busy times the queue to enter can pass two hours, and the operator says tickets often sell out. Buy before you go.
- Getting there: tram 15E from Praça da Figueira and Cais do Sodré stops at Mosteiro Jerónimos, as does bus 728; the Cascais-line train stops at Belém station. A tram ticket bought on board is €3.30, with no cash on the 15E, against €1.90 on a Navegante card. The tram and funicular guide has the fares, and Lisbon public transport explains the Navegante card and the train.
The Belém Tower is a 15-minute walk along the river and sells its own timed tickets; both close on Mondays. For the card that covers them, see is the Lisboa Card worth it?. For where to eat in Belém, including the queue at Pastéis de Belém and the bakeries that skip it, see where to eat in Lisbon. For the rest of the city’s bookings, see what to book before you go in Lisbon.
To sleep a walk from the monastery, see hotels near Belém. Belém is Day 2 of 3 days in Lisbon and the morning half of Lisbon in one day, and a cruise passenger can plan the trip out from the cruise port to city guide.
Common questions
How much is a ticket to the Jerónimos Monastery?
€18 for an adult, from the operator's own visiting page on 1 October 2026. Visitors aged 65 and over and aged 13 to 24 pay half, children up to 12 go free, and the church is free for everyone. The online ticket office shows the full-price ticket at €19.11.
Do you need to book the Jerónimos Monastery in advance?
The operator advises it: tickets often sell out and cannot be bought on the day. Online tickets are for a chosen day and an hourly slot, from 9:30 to 10:30 up to the last slot, 15:30 to 17:00. A kiosk opposite the monastery also sells tickets.
Is the Jerónimos Monastery free on Sundays?
Not for visitors from abroad. Residents of Portugal can use 52 free days a year. The church is free for everyone, on any day it is open, but on Sundays it opens only from 14:00.
What day is the Jerónimos Monastery closed?
Mondays, and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 13 June and 25 December. The cloister is open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 to 17:30, with last entry at 17:00.
Is there a combined ticket for the Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower?
No. The operator's ticket office lists a combined ticket for the monastery and the Coaches Museum (€30) and one that adds the Ajuda National Palace (€40), and none includes the Tower, which has its own ticket and slots.
