Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

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

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

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

Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.

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

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.

Step back in time at this 19th-century kiosk.

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.