Places karin66204 Wants to Go

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

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

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

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

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

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

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

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

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

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

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

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

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.