A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

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

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

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

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

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

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

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.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A dark, narrow tunnel that leads to a charming lake and waterfall.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

This "volcanic all-day restaurant" is right on the beach.

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.