Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

When this former hospital pharmacy closed in 2013 it already looked like a museum, so they turned it into one.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

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

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

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

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

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

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

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

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

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

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.