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Caleidoscópio

Historical landmark University Studying center

👍👍 Very unique and interesting architecture, especially when the sun is shining. People often mention study, building, para, good, Lisbon, space, Good, Lisboa, McDonald', beautiful,


Address

Campo Grande 18, 1700-162 Lisboa, Portugal

Website

www.ulisboa.pt

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (920 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 8 AM to 6 AM
  • Thursday: 8 AM to 6 AM
  • Friday: 8 AM to 6 AM
  • Saturday: 8 AM to 6 AM
  • Sunday: 8 AM to 6 AM
  • Monday: 8 AM to 6 AM
  • Tuesday: 8 AM to 6 AM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: study (17) building (16) para (12) good (11) Lisbon (10) space (9) Good (8) Lisboa (7) McDonald' (7) beautiful (7)
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  • 5/5 Zara D. 1 year ago on Google • 60 reviews
    Very unique and interesting architecture, especially when the sun is shining.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 pedro m. 4 years ago on Google • 26 reviews
    Amazing garden surrounding the old building that was a fancy restaurant on the 80’s. A little oasis in Lisboa.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nawik S. 3 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Great place to studying in Lisbon. I wish the city (with so many universities) had more spaces like that!! It gets really packed during exams season, so make sure to go early and stand in line with hopes to get a seat. Once seated it will be worth the waiting!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 João Victor P. 4 years ago on Google • 371 reviews
    A very good place to study for those studying in Lisbon. It is a very ample study room in the first floor of this building (ground floor is a Mc Donald’s and a bookstore form U Lisboa) full of tables (rounded and rectangular) and even private study rooms for those students that wish a zero-noise environment. Besides that, there are very clean and well maintained bathrooms. The Campo Grande área where it is located this place is very suitable for a short walk or just to enjoy the weather and the birds and ducks to relax a bit in between your studies.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 João X. 1 year ago on Google • 285 reviews
    Beautiful modernist building made of an organic composition of hexagonal modules, big wide windows, and concrete finish. The original project was by arch. Nuno San Payo. At the main entrance, there is an interesting ceramic mural by Maria Emília Silva Araújo. Facing the lake, in the southern side of the building, is the iconic, free hand, brazilian modernist reminding, concrete canopy. The building was originally built as a dinning hall and tourist reception center. During the 70s, it was transformed to become a small commercial center, with restaurant, shops and a cinema called Caleidoscópio. All closed doors but for a bookstore focused on university subjects. In 2016 the building reopened as an academic student center, managed by the University of Lisbon, with a refurbishment project by arch. Pedro Lagrifa Oliveira. The refurbishment was financed by McDonald's which occupies a fifth of the building with a restaurant and drive through. The project recovered the outside original appearance of the building, which, through time, had been altered with additions and annexes. Even though the building has been returned to its former glory and is alive, its interiors are no longer accessible to the general public, which can now only enter the McDonald's dinning hall.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pedro M. 4 years ago on Google • 392 reviews
    A true landmark in lisbon, offering a lake with the option to row a boat, on a green island in the middle of lisbon. The building itself that was a shopping centre, was rebuilt into a study centre to a public university and a McDonald's restaurant with a drive-thru.

  • 5/5 EufrasiaKellyCronemberg 9 months ago on Google • 39 reviews
    My favorite place to study and write. Smartfu
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Riju J. 2 years ago on Google • 29 reviews
    The security was mean to us. We went by the protocol; we went in only when some students came out of the building. We were waiting in line for more than 40 minutes to get in. When we went to the study place, there were available tables, but there were no chairs. Then we asked if we could get two chairs (since there were available tables), the security told us to 'get out' in a very mean way. It is the second time the security was rude with us. The last time we came here was October 2020, the guard was mean back then, and nothing has changed. We understand she might have a bad day or is stressed or annoyed/frustrated. However, it was the second time that the security was very mean. She should not have let us go inside if there was no space available, and it was wrong to just shout at us. We don’t mind waiting in line for our turn as we are just trying to study.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 DFR 3 months ago on Google • 19 reviews New
    The space is great and has some professional and friendly security guards. However, I already understand the negative reviews, there is a specific security guard who is super rude, rude and does not control the order of the students.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vitor M C. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A wonder in Lisbon (Original) Uma maravilha em lisboa
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cláudia O. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Pleasant space (Original) Espaço agradável
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Vitor E. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) This building was almost everything. The ground floor is McDonald's. The first floor appears to be a study room and the basement appears unoccupied. The service is good and yes, there is breakfast with egg! (Original) Este edifício já foi quase tudo. O andar térreo é da McDonald's. O primeiro andar parece ser uma sala de estudo e a cave parece desocupada. O serviço é bom e aqui, sim, há pequeno almoço com ovo!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Potato S. 3 years ago on Google • 45 reviews
    Due to the pandemic, everything became more green, in a place like this its just beautiful

  • 3/5 Luis A. 3 months ago on Google • 35 reviews New
    Good place to eat, walk and relax, lots of young people and students.

  • 5/5 Bianca T. 10 months ago on Google • 22 reviews
    I highly recommend it for studying and being able to concentrate for university exams and assignments.

  • 5/5 António P. 1 year ago on Google • 17 reviews
    Good place to study, warm with good natural light and located in the best location in Lisbon.

  • 5/5 Mauricio P. 4 years ago on Google • 13 reviews
    If you want a place to study this is it, it has silence dispite the amount of people and really great conditions

  • 4/5 Leanne M. 1 year ago on Google • 8 reviews
    A wondeful Park to take your kids to enjoy themselves at the small lake, or read a book, walk your dog, or just to relax by with alot of benches and shade.

  • 2/5 Vasco C. 6 months ago on Google • 3 reviews
    The kaleidoscope is full of flies. You can never study for 5 minutes without swatting the flies away 10 times. Sometimes there are more than 10 months. It used to be an excellent place to study. If they don't deal with this problem, it will no longer be.

  • 4/5 Wanderer U. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice

  • 5/5 Falcon A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good (Original) Bom

  • 5/5 Carolina N. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very clean and great for a family outing and relaxing. A good green space in the middle of the city ❤️ (Original) Muito asseado e ótimo para dar um passeio em família e relaxar. Um bom espaço verde no meio da cidade ❤️

  • 5/5 João lopes . J. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) From childhood (Original) Desde criança

  • 5/5 Pedro S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) An oasis in the center of Lisbon (Original) Um oásis no centro de Lisboa

  • 5/5 Fernando M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Emblematic building in a beautiful Lisbon garden. (Original) Edifício emblemático num bonito jardim de Lisboa.

  • 3/5 Carlos Miguel B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Lack of gardening !!!!!! (Original) Falta de jardinagem!!!!!!

  • 5/5 Ilda F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I am still from the time when the building was a shopping center. It had an incredible bookshop. Then abandoned and later transformed into a Disco. Later again abandoned until a Mc Donalds and well appeared and the rest of the building was transformed into a study room at the Lusófona University. Quite friendly space (Original) Ainda sou do tempo em que o edificio era um centro comercial. Tinha uma livraria incrivel. Depois abandonado e mais tarde transformado em Discoteca. Mais tarde novamente abandonado até que surgiu um Mc Donalds e bem e o resto do edificio transformado numa sala de estudo da Universidade Lusófona. Espaço bastente simpático

  • 5/5 Antonio C. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good for studying in a quiet environment, with good lighting and good conditions (Original) Muito Bom para estudar num ambiente silencioso, com boa iluminação e boas condições

  • 4/5 David S. 3 years ago on Google
    It's nice to sit there after work and chill out.

  • 5/5 N. R. S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good for taking a walk and boating in the heart of Lisbon (Original) Bom para dar um passeio e andar de barco em pleno centro de Lisboa

  • 1/5 dobro i. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Closed (Original) Fechado

  • 5/5 David E. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice to study

  • 4/5 Cosmin D. 3 years ago on Google
    Ok

  • 5/5 Syed U. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice place to be around...

  • 5/5 Raj put Raj k. 3 years ago on Google
    good pals

  • 5/5 Mojtaba K. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice place to read and relax

  • 5/5 N H. 3 years ago on Google
    It was the best service

  • 5/5 Piotr K. 3 years ago on Google
    Very beautiful view and palmas everywhere 🤗😍

  • 3/5 Amilcar G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good for relaxing 😁 😎👍🏾 (Original) Bom para relaxar 😁 😎👍🏾

  • 4/5 MALAKAMOTO!!!! M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good area for leisure !! It has a very beautiful lake !! Great place to relax a little after work💪👷💪 (Original) Boa área para lazer!! Tem um lago muito bonito!! Excelente sítio para relaxar um pouco depois do trabalho💪👷💪

  • 4/5 Antonio D. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Great for a stroll in the afternoon and morning, very crowded around lunchtime 12 / 14h (Original) Ótimo para dar um passeio de tarde e manhã, muito cheio perto das horas do almoço 12/14h

  • 4/5 Larissa R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful. It has good space to study. (Original) Bonito. Tem bom espaço para estudar.

  • 5/5 Margarida Guerra G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Place where the University of Lisbon installed some services. MacDonald has a student support service, home delivery and drive in. Good good hamburgers. Located in Mário Soares Park and next to a beautiful lake where you can paddle in a small boat (Original) Local onde a universidade de Lisboa instalou alguns serviços. O MacDonald tem um serviço de apoio aos estudantes entrega em casa e drive in. Bons hamburgers bons. Localizado no parque Mário Soares e junto à um lindo lago onde se pode remar num Barquinho

  • 5/5 Pedro F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) One of the oldest shopping centers in Lisbon, reinvented as a place of study and meeting of culture and socializing (Original) Um dos mais antigos centros comerciais de Lisboa, reinventado como local de estudo e encontro de cultura e confraternização

  • 4/5 Poke P. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A good space to study, however always full (Original) Um bom espaço para estudar , no entanto sempre cheio

  • 4/5 Julia B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Pleasant space on sunny days. Now with the pandemic you can enjoy Mac Donalds on the terrace and take a boat trip. (Original) Espaço agradável em dias de sol. Agora com a pandemia pode disfrutar do Mac Donalds na esplanada e fazer um passeio de barco.

  • 1/5 Paulana B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I found nothing new. (Original) N achei nada de novo.

  • 4/5 RBecalli 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very inviting for a boat trip and family. (Original) Muito convidativo para um passeio de barco e em família.

  • 2/5 tomas 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It smells a lot like MC (Original) Cheira muito a MC

  • 5/5 Valter C. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Pleasant space to be (Original) Espaço agradável para estar

  • 5/5 Osmar José A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very beautiful architecture (Original) Arquitetura muito bonita

  • 4/5 Настя �. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Fixed (Original) Fixe

  • 5/5 renato m. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It's beautiful (Original) E bonito

  • 5/5 Catia da F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) McDonald's with excellent outdoor terrace. In addition, there is the Jardim do Campo Grande, ideal for walking, cycling (Original) McDonald's com excelente esplanada exterior. Além disso, tem o Jardim do Campo Grande, ideal para passear, andar bicicleta

  • 4/5 Edgar R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Interesting architecture (Original) Arquitetura interessante

  • 3/5 Clara P. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Classic building Bon looks clean Clinical Analysis Center (Original) Edifício clássico Bon aspeto limpo Centro de análises clínicas

  • 5/5 Sarah G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Super nice! A place charm! You can exercise, picnic, go for a walk with your family and have an ice cream! (Original) Super agradável! Um charme de lugar! Dá pra fazer exercícios, piquenique, passear com a família e tomar um sorvete!

  • 4/5 Fernando L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Pleasant (Original) Aprazível

  • 5/5 Sofia A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good (Original) Bom

  • 1/5 Yeh M. 8 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    We promised to open until 5 o'clock...can't buy souvenirs😢


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