• Sines Museum | Vasco da Gama House

  • Sines Museum headquarters and Vasco da Gama's house are installed in Sines Castle. The museum includes a dynamic display about the twentieth century in Sines, as well as a presentation of the most significant archaeological heritage of the county pieces, from Gaio Treasury to Visigoth stones used in buildings.

    Through a set of multimedia installations, Vasco da Gama House, the Keep, show us the biography of the famous navigator and spaces that he dwelt in the castle.

  • Alentejo

  • Sines

  • Lagoas de Santo André e da Sancha Nature Reserve

  • Município de Sines

  • Yes.

  • By car

    Access to Sines from:

    - Lisbon by 25 de Abril or Vasco da Gama bridges, direction Algarve (A2 / south highway). In A2, exit Alcácer do Sal or Grândola, follow to Sines;

    - Algarve, direction Litoral of Alentejo, by N125 and then IP1 to A2 (south highway). Exit Alcácer do Sal or Grândola, follow to Sines; or

    - Alto Alentejo, by highway take N114, then A6 (direction Lisbon) and then A2 (direction Algarve). Exit to Alcácer do Sal and Grândola (direction Sines).

  • Museum

  • Exhibition | interpretation space of natural and cultural values

    Coffee shop

  • Sines Museum | Vasco da Gama House

    Castelo de Sines

    Largo do Castelo

    7520–149 SINES

    E-mail: museu@mun-sines.pt

    Telephone: (00351) 269 632 237

    SITE (in Portuguese)

  • Gratuito / Free.

  • Tuesday to Sunday, including holidays, except January 1st, Easter and Christmas – 10 am-1 pm and 2 pm-5 pm. Summer – 10 am-1 pm and 2:30 pm-6 pm.

  • January 1st, Easter and Christmas.

  • No

  • Enjoy, and in Sines visit also the parish church, the Misericórdia chapel, the Cultural Center Emmerico Nunes and the Vasco da Gama statue.