Places Miltones Wants to Go

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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.

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

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

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

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

Once a thriving textile powerhouse, now a relic of what once was.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

A scientific observatory managed the largest Portuguese astronomy research unit.

Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.

The heart of King Pedro is kept preserved in formaldehyde in an urn in the main chapel of this church

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

The history of drinking is told through 1,800 cups, chalices, and glasses at this exhibit.

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

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

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

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

Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

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

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.