Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

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

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

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

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

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

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

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

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.