Abandoned in Portugal

Once a thriving textile powerhouse, now a relic of what once was.

On the cliffs of São Jorge in the Azores stand the remains of a lighthouse that was struck by a series of earthquakes.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

The crumbling ruins of an abandoned 12th-century monastery.

An abandoned mining complex in Serra do Gerês.

An abandoned anti-smuggling station decays along the boundary between Portugal and Spain.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.