Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

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

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

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

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

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

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

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

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

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

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

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

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

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

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

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