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Paúl do Mar
Perching precariously on a ledge under high cliffs, pretty Paúl do Mar is the surfing capital of the Atlantic and has even hosted a leg of the World Surfing Championships.
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Igreja de São Gualter
This slender 18th-century construction with its 19th-century twin spires and blooming run-up from central Guimarães has the most striking appeal of all the city’s churches.
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Museu da Imagem
A minimalist, ancient and beautiful stone relic, outfitted tastefully with steel and wood stairs, shows off impeccably lit, international photography exhibits on three floors.
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Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Downhill from the monastery is this strikingly simple Renaissance chapel in a lovely position. It’s attributed to Diogo de Torralva, architect of the Convento de Christo cloisters.
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Igreja Dos Terceiros
At the southern end of Praça da República is the late-18th-century Igreja dos Terceiros , all heavy, gilded baroque but for the luminous azulejos portraying the life of St Francis.
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Museu Islâmico
At the southern end of the old town, the Islamic Museum is a small but dramatic display of inscribed funerary stones, jewellery, pots and jugs from the 11th to 13th centuries.
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Parque Zoológico de Lagos
This zoo is a shady 3-hectare kid-pleaser, with many small primates and a children’s farm housing domestic animals. It’s near the village of Barão de São João, 8km west of Lagos.
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Casa do Raio
An extroverted work by André Soares da Silva is the Casa do Raio , its rococo face covered in azulejos . It is closed to the public, but still worth seeing from the outside.
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Praça da República
This renovated attractive town square with a pelourinho (stone pillory) is the historic heart of the old city. Dominating the square is the 16th-century Igreja de Misericórdia , a hefty church with an immense porch – its crude stonework betrays its origins as a meat market. The Pla
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Antigos Paços do Concelho
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Solar dos Magalhães
This burned-out skeleton of an old manor house situated above Rua Cândido dos Reis, near the train station, has been left in ruins – a stark and uncaptioned memento from Napoleon’s troops.
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Largo da Feira Moinho de Vento
This working museum proudly continues Castro Verdes old milling traditions in a surviving windmill that dates from the 1800s. The miller lives there so you can enter if its in use.
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Igreja de São Pedro
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Ribeiro Frio
Cold River deep in the mountains but under the tree line is the chilly jumping off point for some levada walks and has a couple of cosy eateries serving the local trout and heated with log fires.
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Visigothic Tombs
Across the road from the Portas do Prado, beside the courthouse, is an untended rock outcrop carved with eerie, body-shaped cavities, thought to be Visigothic tombs dating to the 7th or 8th century.
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Complexo Balnear Ponta Gorda
This down-to-earth swimming and tanning area is located at Ponta Gorda. The pools, cafe bar, table tennis area and concrete beach are most popular in summer but stay open all through the winter.
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Igreja do Carmo
Dating to the late 18th century, this captivating azulejo -covered church is one of Porto’s best examples of rococo architecture. The tiled panel on the facade pays tribute to Nossa Senhora (Our Lady).
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Torre do Relógio
This little clock tower, topped with a stork’s nest and overlooking the Rio Guadiana, is northeast of Largo Luís de Camões. Alongside it is a municipal building with a rooftop worthy of Van Gogh.
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Núcleo Museológico de Piódão
This tiny museum above the turismo displays reconstructions of typical rooms in local homes, complete with tools, pottery and furniture. There are also historic photos of Piódão and its residents.
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Igreja de Santiago
Just south of Taviras castle is the whitewashed 17th-century Igreja de Santiago, built where a small mosque probably once stood. The area beside it was formerly the Praça da Vila, the old town square.
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