In 703 trips
Standing at the entrance to Lisbon harbour, the Monastery of the Hieronymites -- construction of which began in 1502 …
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Unscheduled - Lisbon
Unscheduled - Porto
In 146 trips
The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban land …
Unscheduled - Batalha
In 91 trips
The Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha was built to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilian …
Unscheduled - Angra Do HEROíSMO
In 28 trips
Situated on one of the islands in the Azores archipelago, this was an obligatory port of call from the 15th century …
Unscheduled - Evora
In 88 trips
This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the …
Unscheduled - Vila Real
In 39 trips
This exceptional concentration of rock carvings from the Upper Palaeolithic (22,000--10,000 B.C.) is the most …
Unscheduled - Sintra
In 132 trips
In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined m …
Unscheduled - ALCOBAçA
In 42 trips
The Monastery of Santa Maria d'Alcobaça, north of Lisbon, was founded in the 12th century by King Alfonso I. Its siz …
Unscheduled - Tomar
In 60 trips
Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred …