Architecture
PortugalSituated on one of the islands in the Azores archipelago, this was an obligatory port of call from the 15th century u...
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Architecture
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PortugalThis museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the ...
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Monastery
PortugalThe Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha was built to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilians...
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Monastery
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PortugalWine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th centu...
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Architecture
Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
PortugalThe city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban lands...
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City
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City
PortugalThe historic town of Guimaraes is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th centu...
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City
Settlement
PortugalIn the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined mo...
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Settlement
National Palace of Pena
PortugalThe National Palace of Pena stands out as the renowned jewel in the crown of the Sintra Hills. The surrounding park, ...
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Winery
PortugalFounded in 1870 by Manoel Pedro Guedes, Quinta da Aveleda has traces back even further. Indeed, the name is said to c...
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Winery
PortugalIn 1974, the year of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, João António Cerdeira and his wife Palmira became the first peo...
Winery
Winery
PortugalThe trapezoid infinity pool of Quinta do Crasto is cut high up into the Douro hillside, overlooking the river. Design...
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Winery
Lighthouse
PortugalRemarkably enough, a light has warned approaching ships about the treacherous waters of Cape Espichel ever since 1430...
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Lighthouse
Well
PortugalThis 27- deep well is a majestic site that people dubbed to be an inverted tower. Located in an estate in Sintra, Por...
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Well
Pool
PortugalAnother volcanic island, another dramatic set of natural pools formed from natural lava. In fact, the town of Porto M...
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Pool
Pool
PortugalPerched on granite cliffs near the Portuguese royal retreat of Sintra, the village of Azenhas do Mar is the site of a...
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Pool
Pool
PortugalNot just a stunning spot for a dip, Piscina das Marés (in Leça da Palmeira, on the outskirts of Porto) is also an arc...
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Pool
São Bento
PortugalBuilt in the early twentieth century on the site of an abandoned convent – of which only the ghost of a nun supposedl...
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Railway station
Zoo
PortugalA zoological garden, Lisbon Zoo has around 2,000 and 300 species including 114 mammals, 157 birds, 56 reptiles, and f...
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Zoo
Architecture
PortugalLocated 30 km northwest of Lisbon, the property was conceived by King Joao V in 1711 as a tangible representation of ...
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Architecture
Garden
PortugalA glass museum run by the National Cambridge Collectors.
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Garden
Lake
PortugalArea: 4,3299999 sq. km., volume: 170,60001 cubic meters, depth avg: 39,400002 m, shore length: 35,669998 m, res time:...
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Lake