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Museu Regional
Tucked inside this splendid convent is the Museu Regional, displaying Roman lamps, glass bottles and stelae, and 16th-century paintings. The admission fee includes entry to the Museu Visigótico.
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Museu Judaico de Belmonte
A well-presented little display of Jewish artefacts, mostly modern, with some history about the 20th century re-establishment of Judaism in Portugal. Ask here about visits to the town’s synagogue.
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Convento de São Francisco
This restored 13th-century Franciscan monastery is a fine example of Portuguese Gothic. Especially lovely is the cloister, with graceful twinned columns and arches. Its also a venue for temporary exhibitions.
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Terreiro do Paço
The palace square covers 16,000 sq metres, and is ringed by the Paço Ducal, an enormous palace, the heavy-fronted Agostinhos Convent and graceful Chagas Nunnery. In the centre is a statue of Dom João IV.
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Galeria Trem
This attractively converted building houses temporary exhibitions by known local and international artists – painters, photographers, installation artists and sculptors. It’s worth popping by to see what’s on.
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Quinta Vigia
Madeiras president allows visitors into his lusciously old-fashioned gardens packed with time-smoothed pebble walkways, cool fountains and squawking caged birds. Great views of the docked cruise ships.
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Museu da Lucerna
The building – a former factory – that houses this museum is as interesting as the beautiful collection of ancient Roman oil lamps from the 1st century that were found in the region. It also has exhibitions.
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Elevador da Bica
This funicular has been creaking arthritically up the steep, narrow Rua da Bica de Duarte Belo since 1892. Jump aboard to save your legs and enjoy fleeting glimpses of the Rio Tejo and pastel-hued houses.
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
Francisco de Arruda designed this sturdy fortified church in the early 16th century, and it served as the town’s cathedral until Elvas lost its episcopal status in 1882. Renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries, it retains a few Manueline touches, such as the south portal. Inside i
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Igreja de São Francisco
Sitting on Praça Infante Dom Henrique, Igreja de São Francisco looks from the outside to be an austerely Gothic church, but inside it hides one of Portugal’s most dazzling displays of baroque finery. Hardly an inch escapes unsmothered, as otherworldly cherubs and sober monks are dr
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Feira Internacional de Lisboa
Designed by Portuguese architects Barreiros Ferreira and França Dória, the striking, crystalline FIL is Lisbon’s premier venue for exhibitions and trade fairs. Check the website for details of upcoming events.
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Serra de Água
Jammed into the central valley that cleaves Madeira asunder, this picturesque village of 1000 souls is slightly off the beaten track. Its surrounded by high mountains and terraces on which locals grow produce.
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Museu Etnográfico de Vila Real
This small but colourful museum documents the traditional culture of the surrounding highlands, with exhibits on linen-making, ceramics, farming techniques, games, musical instruments and local festivals.
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Capela Nova
Northeast of a cathedral is the magnificently over-the-top baroque façade of the 17th-century Capela Nova . Inside are fine, 18th-century azulejos (hand-painted tiles) and large-headed cherubs with teddy-boy coifs.
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Palácio de Sub Ripas
Up Rua Sub Ripas in Coimbras upper town is the grand Manueline doorway of the early-16th-century Palácio de Sub Ripas; its Renaissance windows and stone ornaments are the work of Jean de Rouen, whose workshop was nearby.
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Galeria das Damas
Inside the walls of the 16th-century Palácio de Dom Manuel is the Galeria das Damas, an indecisive hybrid of Gothic, Manueline, neo-Moorish and Renaissance styles. There are also frequent temporary art exhibitions.
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Igreja de Santa Clara
Once part of a Franciscan convent, this church hides an opulent interior behind its unassuming facade. Gothic in shape, with a fine Renaissance portal, its baroque interior is dense with elaborately gilded woodwork.
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Termas Romanas do Alto Cividade
These ruins of an extensive bathing complex – with an attached theatre – dating from the 2nd century AD, were probably abandoned in the 5th century. See the quick seven-minute introductory video in English or Portuguese.
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Praia do Guincho
The long, wild Praia do Guincho is a surfers and windsurfers paradise (the site of previous World Surfing Championships) with massive crashing rollers. The strong undertow can be dangerous for swimmers and novice surfers.
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Museu do Vinho do Porto
Down by the river in a remodelled warehouse, this modest museum traces the history of wine- and port-making with an informative short film, models and exhibits, though it doesn’t offer much insight into the wine itself.
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