Pastel de Belém (the original pastel de nata)

The single most famous bite in Portugal, at €1.50, unreproducible anywhere else by law and by secrecy.

Price: 1.5 EUR (Single tart at the Antiga Confeitaria de Belém, Lisbon; box of six ~€9 (same price eat-in or takeaway))

Where to buy: Only at Antiga Confeitaria de Belém, Rua de Belém, Lisbon — everywhere else in the world it's a 'pastel de nata'

Price checked 2026-07-03

• EAT IT THERE: the monks' 1837 recipe is known to three people and the tarts are best warm with cinnamon within the hour — they don't travel
• Skip the takeaway queue by sitting in the 400-seat tiled interior; the eat-in line moves faster
• No VAT refund on consumed food — this one's for the memory, not the suitcase (a takeaway box survives a same-day flight, barely)