Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Gil Eannes
This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.
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Viana do Castelo, Portugal
This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.
Covilha, Portugal
Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal
These rock drawings in the Côa Valley also create an ancient optical illusion.
São Bento do Canto, Portugal
This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.
Porto, Portugal
When this former hospital pharmacy closed in 2013 it already looked like a museum, so they turned it into one.
Fátima, Portugal
The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.
Colares, Portugal
One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."
Câmara de Lobos, Portugal
This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal
This impressive rupestrian engraving dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic period.
Numão, Portugal
An 11th-century medieval castle cascades over the town of Numão.
Faro, Portugal
The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.
Santana, Portugal
These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.
Peniche, Portugal
A fortress off the West coast of Portugal that dates back to 1502.
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A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.
Penela da Beira, Portugal
An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.
Arouca, Portugal
One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.
Santiago do Escoural, Portugal
A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.
Guimarães, Portugal
This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.
Valongo, Portugal
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.
Labruge, Portugal
Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.
Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
Almeida, Portugal
The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.
Monsanto, Portugal
A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."
Alcantarilha, Portugal
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.