Places constantia Wants to Go

A collection of unique, and sometimes terrifying, handmade masks and costumes used for local festivals.

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

An abandoned mining complex in Serra do Gerês.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

An underground spring in a labyrinthine cave system, decorated with stalagmites and stalactites.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

An 11th-century medieval castle cascades over the town of Numão.

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

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

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

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

The former home of a Portuguese poet, artist, and collector is packed to the brim with art.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Sample port and quinine-fortified wine at this fourth-generation winery near Porto.