Places greetdruyts Wants to Go

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.

One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

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

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

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

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

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

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

The corpse bride of Portugal.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

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

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

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