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Citânia de Briteiros
One of the most evocative archaeological sites in Portugal, Citânia de Briteiros , 15km north of Guimarães, is the largest of a liberal scattering of northern Celtic hill settlements, called citânias (fortified villages), dating back at least 2500 years. It’s also likely that this
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Convento de Santa Clara
Begun on higher ground in the 17th century to replace its flooded twin, this convent is devoted almost entirely to the saintly Queen Isabel’s memory. Aisle panels tell her life story, while her solid-silver casket is enshrined above the altar, and even her clothes hang in the sacri
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Universidade de Évora
Just outside the walls to the northeast is the university’s main building (Colégio do Espírito Santo), a descendent (reopened in 1973) of the original Jesuit institution founded in 1559 (which closed when the Jesuits got shooed out by Marquês de Pombal in 1759). Inside are arched,
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Universo de Memórias João Carlos Abreu
Housed in an elegant 19th-century mansion, this museum–arts centre is another repository of knick-knacks donated to the city by an avid collector, this time João Carlos Abreu, journalist, writer, politician, actor, artist, former minister of tourism and evidently, keen traveller an
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Lagar de Varas & Museu Epigráfico Egitaniense
The Lagar de Varas, near the cathedral, hosts an impressive olive-oil press made in the traditional way with ruddy great tree trunks providing the crushing power. In the same complex you’ll find a narrow epigraphic museum densely packed with more than 200 stones from the area beari
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Consolação
This plain church hides a thrilling interior. There are painted marble columns under a cupola, gilded chapels and fantastic 17th-century azulejos covering the surface. The unusual octagonal design was inspired by the Knights Templar chapel, which stood on a nearby site before this
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Igreja da Santa Maria Graça
This early-15th-century church, with its delicately carved facade of multilayered arches, is a Santarém jewel. Inside, a rose window spills light across the beautifully spare interior of stone columns and white walls. Note the tombs of Pedro Álvares Cabral (the ‘discoverer’ of Braz
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Mouraria
The old Moorish quarter lies at the western end of Praça Sacadura Cabral. It’s a well-preserved tight cluster of narrow, cobbled lanes and white terraced cottages with chunky or turreted chimneys.The Núcleo Árabe , just off Largo da Mouraria, is a pocket collection of Moorish ceram
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Museu Photographia Vicentes
Set up by Vicente Gomes da Silva in 1865, this exquisitely preserved photographic studio, above a shady cobbled courtyard, was in use until 1982. The exhibitions of yesteryear photographic equipment are interesting enough, but the real treasures here are the 800,000 images, mostly
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Adega Regional de Colares
En route to Praia Grande and Praia das Maçãs, ridgetop Colares makes a great pit stop with its panoramas, stuck-in-time village charm and wines dating back to the 13th century. The vines grown today are the only ones in Europe to have survived the 19th-century phylloxera plague, sa
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Largo da Porta de Moura
The Moura Gate Sq stands just southeast of the cathedral. Near here was the original entrance to town. In the middle of the square is a strange-looking, globular 16th-century Renaissance fountain . Among the elegant mansions around the square is Casa Cordovil , built in Manueline-M
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Museu Colecção Berardo
Culture fiends get their contemporary art fix for free at Museu Colecção Berardo, the star of the Centro Cultural de Belém. The ultrawhite, minimalist gallery displays billionaire José Berardo’s eye-popping collection of abstract, surrealist and pop art. Temporary exhibitions are a
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Fábrica de Brinquedos
The school in this little hamlet near Alte had fallen into disuse because there werent enough children. There wasnt much work around either, so three local women decided to learn a craft and put the building to use. Its now a workshop where they make charming wooden toys, and is a
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Ponta da Piedade
Protruding south from Lagos, Ponta da Piedade (Point of Piety) is a stunning, dramatic wedge of headland. Three windswept kilometres out of town, the point is well worth a visit for its contorted, polychrome sandstone cliffs and towers, complete with lighthouse and, in spring, hund
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Montesinho
Hidden at the end of the road in a narrow valley wedged between forbidding granite heights, this tiny village is one of the park’s best-preserved, thanks to a program to restore old dwellings and stop construction of new ones. The village is also the jumping-off point for the 8km P
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Arco da Vila
Enter the Cidade Velha through the neoclassical Arco da Vila, built by order of Bishop Francisco Gomes (Faros answer to the Marquês de Pombal), who oversaw the citys reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake. The top of the street opens onto the orange-tree-lined Largo da Sé, with t
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Museu do Mar e da Terra da Carrapateira
The Carrapateira Land & Sea Museum is a must for visitors – surfers or otherwise. Up a steep hill near the top of town, its contemporary design space has small exhibits covering everything from the fishing industry to daily life of the locals, and stunning photograph collages d
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Igreja Santa Maria de Almacave
This unassuming little church is Lamego’s oldest surviving building, much of it dating back to the 12th century. It’s thought that after winning independence from Spain, Portugal’s first king assembled his initial cortes (an early version of Portugal’s proto-democratic assembly of
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Igreja de Santa Maria
The town’s elegant main church, near the northern end of Rua Direita, stands out for its interior, with a wonderful painted ceiling and walls done up in beautiful blue-and-white 17th-century azulejos (hand-painted tiles). Paintings by the renowned 17th-century painter Josefa de Óbi
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Centro de Arte Moderna
Situated in a sculpture-dotted garden, the Centro de Arte Moderna reveals a stellar collection of 20th-century Portuguese and international art. The collection stars works by David Hockney, Anthony Gormley and José de Almada Negreiros. Feast your eyes on gems like Paula Rego’s war
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