Skatepark de Campolide

The Skatepark de Campolide sits under one of the viaducts that carry the CRIL, Lisbon’s inner ring road, across the valley between Campolide and Bairro da Liberdade. Skatelopez, the company that designs and builds skateparks and lists Campolide among its projects, gives 2019 as the year it opened. Most people who don’t skate have no idea it’s there, as NiT put it.

In April 2026 NiT asked its readers to pick Lisbon’s best skatepark from 13 options. Campolide won with about 41% of the votes, well ahead of the Expo and Monsanto parks. Time Out adds that the Olympic skateboarder Gustavo Ribeiro trained here for many hours and still calls the spot special when he comes back.

For families the big selling point is the roof. The road deck above keeps most of the rain off, so Campolide is one of the few places in Lisbon where a child can skate on a wet winter afternoon.

The park has two zones that link together, so a skater can flow from one into the other without stopping.

• The street section takes up about two-thirds of the space. Time Out and NiT describe stairs, handrails, low walls to slide along, bumps, gaps and small ramps. Skatelopez counts 11 curbs, 8 handrails and 21 ramps across the park.
• The transition area is the other third. Its centrepiece is a bowl with two different depths, which NiT and Skatelopez both say is meant for beginners as well as experienced skaters. There are also two hips (where two ramps meet at an angle) and a box extension.

The surface is concrete. Skatelopez puts its capacity at between 45 and 75 people taking turns; NiT says about 40 riders can use it at once.

Campolide is a serious park. It’s where competition skaters train, and the street section is full of stairs, rails and gaps that are no place for a wobbly four-year-old when older riders are flying through.

That said, a beginner has places to go. The shallow end of the bowl and the small ramps give a newer skater something to roll up and down, and a quiet weekday morning is a very different place from a busy evening. If your child is taking lessons, Manolas Skate School lists Campolide among the parks where it teaches children from age 4, and NiT mentions that skate schools sometimes hold classes here.

For toddlers, there’s nothing here unless they’re content to watch from the side.

• Bring a helmet, and knee and elbow pads. Wrist guards help beginners, who tend to fall onto their hands.
• Teach children to wait at the edge and look before dropping into a line someone else is riding.
• Keep small children well away from the stairs and rails when older skaters are using them.
• None of our sources mention lighting, toilets or drinking water, so bring water and plan for daylight.
• Scooters and bikes: our sources don’t say whether they’re allowed. Skateboarders are clearly the main users, so ask the locals before bringing a scooter into the street section.

NiT’s 2026 poll listed 13 skateparks in Lisbon. A few of the others:

• The Skatepark do Calhariz de Benfica opened in 2025 and has easier ramps alongside its street obstacles.
• The Expo pump track in Parque das Nações has a skatepark next to it and a separate loop for young riders.
• The Parque Urbano do Vale de Chelas in Marvila combines a 2,000 m² skatepark with a playground.
• The Skatepark do Vale da Ameixoeira, next to the Santa Clara municipal pool in the north of the city, opened in 2017 with street obstacles, a V-ramp and a sloping run with obstacles along it, according to Time Out.
• The Skatepark de Pedrouços near Belém was built in 1996, one of the first in Portugal, and reopened in 2025 after works, with its classic central ramp, Time Out reported.

The Aqueduto das Águas Livres, the 18th-century aqueduct whose arches stride across the same valley, is also in Campolide. Older children who’ve had enough skating can walk across the top of it. Parque Eduardo VII, with its pirate-ship playground, is a short drive towards the centre.

Is the Campolide skatepark free?

Yes. It’s a public skatepark with free entry, and NiT says it’s open every day of the week.

Can you skate at Campolide when it rains?

Yes. The park sits under a CRIL viaduct, and NiT and the park’s builder both say that lets you skate there on rainy days.

Is Campolide skatepark good for beginners?

It’s better known for its advanced street section, but the bowl has a shallow end meant for less experienced skaters, and there are small ramps. Go at a quiet time and stay out of the way of faster riders.

Where exactly is the skatepark?

Under the CRIL viaduct between Campolide and Bairro da Liberdade. Time Out gives the address as Rua B ao Bairro da Liberdade, 70, 1070-017 Lisboa.

Can my child have lessons there?

Manolas Skate School lists Campolide among the parks where it teaches children from age 4, and NiT says other skate schools sometimes run classes there too.