Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

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

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

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

A medieval tower with a suspended iron cage used as an open-air jail for criminals who were exposed as a warning.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.

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

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

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

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

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

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

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

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

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.

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