Museu do Fado, Lisbon

A very basic museum about fado. Mostly deals with the feeling of fado, without going in depth into the style or the artist. Still, if you're interested in some sort of musical history, check it out. It's not expensive. The biggest part is about the singing, and the element of soul to it. There's some attention to the Portuguese guitar and regular guitar ("viola"). Live music would spruce the place up, but that might have just been because I went on a weekday out of season.

We went to a restaurant to listen to Fado music. I should have gone to the museum first and fulfilled my Fado craving there. It would have saved me 100 euros. We paid 5 euros each to listen to a variety of renowned Fadistas, listen to history associated with Fado, and to appreciate some of the instruments and artifacts of the earlier Fado days. You can't get that at the dinner show. The view of Alfama from the museum is classic and the location is centralized to the birthplace of Fado. If you have time, offer them a visit. They make the information accessible in a variety of languages through prerecordings. It's worth the trip.