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

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

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

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

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.

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

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

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

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

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

After the owner of this Art Nouveau home died, it was turned into a museum displaying a lifetime dedicated to art.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

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

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

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.