City: Central Portugal
Top Things to do in Central Portugal
Top Hotels in Central Portugal
Countries
The 10 Best Bridges in Central Portugal, Portugal
1. Ponte de Alcorce
2. Ponte Marechal Carmona
3. Vasco da Gama Bridge
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,752 reviews
Named after the famous 15th-century explorer, Vasco da Gama, this immense cable-stayed bridge across the Tagus River is eleven miles long, and punctuated with more than seven miles of bridges and viaducts.
Reviewed By gazwcave - Douglas, United Kingdom
Once the longest bridge in Europe and named after a Portuguese famous explorer, it"s a pleasure to cruise along this bridge at sensible speeds. As you leave Lisbon behind and cross the vast river. This bridge seems to go on for ever in a good way. It's a treat to drive across it at sunset.
4. 25 de Abril Bridge
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,812 reviews
This suspension bridge across the Tagus River has the longest central span in Europe, at 1.5 miles. It also looks quite a bit like San Francisco's famed "Golden Gate Bridge," though this one was named after the revolution.
Reviewed By macedonboy - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Ponte 25 de Abril is a very impressive looking bridge spanning the River Tagus in Lisbon. It very similar to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco due to the design and colour, as both the bridges are suspension bridges and red.With a total length over 2.2 km, it's an impressive feat of engineering and hard to appreciate until you see it in person.
5. Ponte Pedro e Ines
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 305 reviews
Reviewed By VadimM67 - Murmansk, Russia
A spectacular multicolored bridge provoked us to cross the Mondego River and walk along the other bank to the Santa Clara Bridge to return to the center of Coimbra. It can be seen that the bridge is relatively new. It was built in 2006 by engineer Antonio Adam da Fonseca (several bridges in Portugal) and cool Sri Lankan-British architect and designer Cecil Balmond (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Casa da Musica, Porto, CCTV building in Beijing). The bridge cost almost 5 million euros and was built with the money of one of the programs of the European Union. The main feature of the bridge is its bend. in the middle part. The idea is not new, Santiago Calatrava likes to exploit it. The bridge is named after King Pedro I the Hard and Ines de Castro, his favorite, who became his posthumous wife. Ines was killed here in Coimbra. It's funny, but a day ago we were standing near their sarcophagi in the monastery of Alcobaca. And now on this colorful bridge. Perhaps their love had the same bright colors.
6. Ponte da Boutaca
7. Experience Pilar 7 - Ponte 25 de Abril
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 200 reviews
Reviewed By Heather48Wigan - Standish, United Kingdom
We recently visited the bridge using our Lisboa card .The only issue we experienced was trying to get some good instructions on how to get there and we did end up walking the long way round to find it ! . I hope the details below will help anyone in future if they decide to visit .They should be more direct . Get the number 15 tram from Praça Comércio heading towards Belém . Get off the tram at Estacao Sto Amaro stop ,this is after you have gone under the bridge . Cross the tram tracks ,you will now be in front of the Carris tram museum .Follow the tram tracks in the direction of Belém for a few hundred yards until you reach a street on your left named Travessa Do Conde Da Ponte .Go down this street .At the bottom of this street you reach a hotel called Vila Gale Opera .Turn left across the front of the hotel ,you should now be on a main road under the bridge .The entrance to the Pilar 7 is on your left . It is a fascinating place to visit with a good insight into its construction ,the viewing platform has a glass floor that gives great views up and down the river .If you do not want to go on this you can still go up in the lift and see the views from a less scary position .Keep hold of the tickets you are issued as you need to scan them several times on the way round and go through some airport style security scanning of bags etc .There are no cafe facilities but there are toilets and bag lockers . If you are looking for lunch or a drink ,google LX Factory ,this is a lovely area just around the corner where old printing and cotton mills have been converted into food and retail spaces .This is also really worth a visit especially whilst in the area .
