Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

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

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

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

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

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

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

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

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

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

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

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