One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

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

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

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

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

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

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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