Benfica Stadium Tour (Estádio da Luz)

Inside the Estádio da Luz on the Benfica stadium tour

The tour starts at Gate 17, by the statue of Eusébio, the Mozambique-born forward who won the Ballon d’Or in 1965 as a Benfica player.

From there you go into the away team’s dressing room and down the players’ tunnel, then sit on the substitutes’ bench with the pitch right in front of you.

The route also takes in the press conference room, where coaches face the cameras after a match. Of the club’s two eagles, Vitória is the one known for flying over the stadium before home games.

There’s also a virtual reality trip through the club’s past, present and future. It isn’t open to under-7s, and children of 7 to 10 need an adult with them.

The Benfica Museum at the Estádio da Luz

The museum has its own entrance, by Gate 10, and carries the name of Cosme Damião, one of the club’s founders.

Three floors of Benfica history

Inside, three floors hold around a thousand objects from the club’s history, in 29 themed areas.

Along the way there are touch surfaces, a simulator and a penalty shoot-out to try, and staff on hand for questions.

The trophy cases

The club speaks of hundreds of trophies on show, and not all of them were won at football. Benfica plays many other sports, from futsal to roller hockey, and their international cups have cases of their own.

Benfica stadium tour tickets, hours and match days

There are three tickets to choose from. Stadium and museum together cost €26.99, the stadium tour alone €21.99 and the museum alone €14.99. Children aged 3 to 13 pay less, and the combined and museum tickets have a family option for two adults and two children.

The tour on these tickets is self-guided, with staff at each stop to answer questions, and the museum is always self-guided.

With the Lisboa Card, it’s the Benfica Museum that gets 15% off, at its ticket desk; the stadium tour isn’t on the card’s list. A one-day card, at €31, does cover the metro out.

Check the fixtures before you go. On days when Benfica’s men’s team plays at home, the museum closes and the stadium keeps shorter hours.

On those days tours run every 20 minutes from 10:00 to 15:00, first come, first served, though the timetable can change with the fixture. On days of European matches the stadium closes early.

The club suggests at least an hour and a half for each part, so give the two about three hours, and more in high season.

Inside the museum, food and drink are only allowed in the marked areas, and flash isn’t allowed. It has a lift, a ramp and wheelchairs at reception, and the stadium has lifts too.

Benfica’s founders and the new Estádio da Luz

Benfica began as Sport Lisboa, founded on 28 February 1904 at a meeting of 24 people in a pharmacy, the Farmácia Franco, after a training session in Belém. The club counts all 24 as its founders.

The Benfica in its name came in 1908, from a merger with Grupo Sport Benfica.

The present Estádio da Luz opened on 25 October 2003, next to the site of the old one, and the following summer it staged the final of Euro 2004. It has hosted the Champions League final twice, in 2014 and 2020.

Since July 2025 it holds 68,100, with 70,000 planned, and on 17 February 2026 it set its attendance record: 66,387, for the Champions League play-off against Real Madrid.

The metro to the Benfica stadium

Colégio Militar/Luz is the tenth stop out from Baixa-Chiado on the blue line, and Alto dos Moinhos, one stop closer in, serves the stadium too. On the way back into town, the same line stops for the zoo and the Gulbenkian.