Situated on one of the islands in the Azores archipelago, this was an obligatory port of call from the 15th century u...

This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the ...

The Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha was built to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilians...

Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th centu...

The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban lands...

The historic town of Guimaraes is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th centu...

In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined mo...

The National Palace of Pena stands out as the renowned jewel in the crown of the Sintra Hills. The surrounding park, ...

Founded in 1870 by Manoel Pedro Guedes, Quinta da Aveleda has traces back even further. Indeed, the name is said to c...

In 1974, the year of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, João António Cerdeira and his wife Palmira became the first peo...

The trapezoid infinity pool of Quinta do Crasto is cut high up into the Douro hillside, overlooking the river. Design...

Remarkably enough, a light has warned approaching ships about the treacherous waters of Cape Espichel ever since 1430...

This 27- deep well is a majestic site that people dubbed to be an inverted tower. Located in an estate in Sintra, Por...

Another volcanic island, another dramatic set of natural pools formed from natural lava. In fact, the town of Porto M...

Perched on granite cliffs near the Portuguese royal retreat of Sintra, the village of Azenhas do Mar is the site of a...

Not just a stunning spot for a dip, Piscina das Marés (in Leça da Palmeira, on the outskirts of Porto) is also an arc...

Built in the early twentieth century on the site of an abandoned convent – of which only the ghost of a nun supposedl...

A zoological garden, Lisbon Zoo has around 2,000 and 300 species including 114 mammals, 157 birds, 56 reptiles, and f...

The 987-ha site on the volcanic island of Pico, the second largest in the Azores archipelago, consists of a remarkabl...

Area: 2,25 sq. km., volume: 164,5 cubic meters, depth avg: 73,199997 m, shore length: 12,51 m, res time: 318,10001, e...

Height: 915 meters, Type: Stratovolcano, Status: Radiocarbon

Height: -14 meters, Type: Submarine volcano, Status: Historical