Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos — Attraction in Lagos

I travelled 30 minutes for this museum and I cant say I wasnt disappointed, firstly there is no parking, even though at the entrance I saw 2 cars parked, if they could at least let in a few cars that would be convenient, especially because most people are travelling with children. I had to drive round the town twice just to find parking.

At the entrance the woman sitting there didn't when bother to get up and assist with the door seeing I had a child and a stroller, she just watched me struggle.

There were some stuff at the reception my daughter touched and she was told not to. As a "touch everything" museum I'd assume everything is touchable, they should really remove the stuff that cannot be touched to higher shelves. I'm guessing they were items for sale.

Entrance price is cheap which is good, however everything from there just seems a little dull, nothing seems very exciting for kids apart from the submarine that was very colourful and had sounds and buttons and twisty handles. Some of the activities need maintenance too, for example the rowing machine - only 1 row worked.

The garden was fun for my daughter but it all needs maintenance, there's a lot of overgrown weeds and just seems run down.

Views from the garden are quite nice of the harbour too.

The boat and water activity kept my daughter entertained and she loved trying to figure out how to unlock the treasure chest.

The place is quite small too, so it definitely isn't worth travelling to put yourself through so much for not much. Just take your kids to a park and you'll have the same fun! If you have older children who are genuinely interested in science then this place is interesting but it's not really well suited for children below 3 apart from the few things I...

We took our 4 year old today and he absolutely loved the place. There were so many things for him to interact with and try out (far more for his age than at the Science Museum in London that we recently visited) and he was very sad to leave at the end. It’s nice that the activities are split between indoors and outdoors and everything is set out brilliantly with instructions in both Portuguese and English. Favourite activities were the semaphore game, the pirate ship and the submarine. The staff were also all incredibly helpful and friendly. Definitely recommended as somewhere to visit with...

Wonderful! Indoors and outdoors. The only problem with this space, as is with many places in downtown anywhere, Portugal, is the non existent parking availability close by... Very good and well thought out space for the kids and grown-ups who can still learn. If the kids are grown up enough or at a friend's party, you can always go to the restaurant next-door, about which I can only lament that I hadn't yet been there in the 4 years that I have lived...