Places nesteves Wants to Go

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

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

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

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

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

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

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

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

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

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

The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.

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

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

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

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.