My husband and I will be in Lisbon on 17, 18 and 19 May, and I am having difficulty buying tickets to the Jeronimos Monastery online. The monastery website directs you to patrimonialcultural.gov.pt, which has a menu that drops down to 'services' and from there to 'online ticket office' - which in turn takes you to bilheteira.culturanorte.gov.pt - which offers tickets to lots of monasteries - but not the Jeronimos Monastery (??)
Beyond that, I find numerous third parties offering tickets: GetYourGuide (offering 'skip-the-line tickets', which I have read on this forum are a scam - you don't skip the line at all), Lisbon.net (Civitatis Lisbon), jeronimosmonasterytickets.com - and on and on.
How do I get tickets to see the monastery?
And for fear of hours and hours of waiting in line, is it best to go with a tour? (Preferably a small tour.) And if so, can anyone recommend one of those?
Thank you for your suggestions!