Places clpartin Wants to Go

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

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

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

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

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

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

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

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.