• How tiles are made opens the route, with the materials and techniques shown first, which gives kids context for every room after
• Gilded church and choir inside the old convent, with carved gilt wood, paintings and tile panels, so look up as well as around
• Great View of Lisbon panel shows the city around 1700, before the 1755 earthquake, a good one to compare with the city outside

The former Madre de Deus convent, founded in 1509, holds painted tiles from the 15th century to today. The route starts with how tiles are made, then runs in date order past cloisters, a gilded baroque church and chapels.

The standout is the Great View of Lisbon, a long tile panel of the waterfront around 1700, before the 1755 earthquake. It suits kids who like hunting for details.