Faro, Portugal
Capela de Ossos Bone Chapel
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
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Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Lagoa, Portugal
Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.
Alcantarilha, Portugal
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.
Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
Coimbra, Portugal
One of the oldest universities in the world exhibits thousands of specimens from its 700-year-old collection.
Coimbra, Portugal
A Portuguese museum display features a bizarre assortment of objects.
Coimbra, Portugal
These 400-year-old ruins are all that's left of the monastery where Ines de Castro was assassinated by the King of Portugal.
Condeixa-a-Velha, Portugal
One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.
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The crumbling ruins of an abandoned 12th-century monastery.
Portugal
A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.
Tomar, Portugal
The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Évora, Portugal
"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.
Alcobaça, Portugal
The corpse bride of Portugal.
Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.
Sesimbra, Portugal
Ghostly ship drawings grace the walls of this medieval hospital.
Colares, Portugal
In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.
Colares, Portugal
One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."
Colares, Portugal
The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Sintra, Portugal
An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Lisbon, Portugal
A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.