Fodor's Expert Review Museu da Farmácia

Within an old palace, the Museum of Pharmacy takes a playful approach to more than 5,000 years of pharmaceutical history, from prehistoric cures to the fantastic world of Harry Potter–style fictive potions. Ancient objects related to pharmaceutical science and art—from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, and Incan civilizations—are on display, as are those from Europe. Whole pharmacies have been transported here intact from other parts of Portugal, even a traditional 19th-century Chinese drugstore from Portugal's former territory of Macau. A smart bar and restaurant, Pharmacia Felicidade, serves lunch and dinner as well as afternoon petiscos (small plates for sharing).