Places Ado Wants to Go

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

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

The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

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

This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

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

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.