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This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

When this former hospital pharmacy closed in 2013 it already looked like a museum, so they turned it into one.

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

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

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

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

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

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

The corpse bride of Portugal.

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

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

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

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

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.