Curated Itinerary
A September Week in Portugal: Ten Heritage Sites
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Historic Centre of Guimarães
The city where the Portuguese nation was born — Guimarães (Minho, northern Portugal) was the seat of the County of Portucale, the proto-Portuguese state, and…
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte — Braga
Rising 116 metres above Braga, the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is one of the great pilgrimage landscapes of Europe — a celebrated Baroque staircase…
Historic Centre of Porto
The city that named a country and a wine — Porto (Portus Cale, the “harbour on the Cale River” from which “Portugal” derives) grew on the granite hills above…
Sé Velha de Coimbra (1184): the fortress-cathedral where Portugal’s second king was crowned
Sé Velha de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Photo: Digitalsignal (Paolo Querci), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Coimbra, Portogallo · costruzione […]
Convent of Christ in Tomar
The most architecturally layered monument in Portugal and the great surviving seat of the Orders of Chivalry that powered the Portuguese Age of Discovery…
Batalha Monastery
The most important Gothic building in Portugal — a Dominican monastery built as a vow by King João I to commemorate his decisive victory at the Battle of…
Monastery of Alcobaça
Portugal’s most moving Gothic church and the royal mausoleum of the first dynasty of Portuguese kings — the Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça, founded in…
Cultural Landscape of Sintra
The most extravagant royal playground in Europe and one of the most romantically exotic cultural landscapes in any country — Sintra, a mountain town 40…
Jerónimos Monastery
A Manueline masterpiece in Lisbon, this early 16th-century monastery became the royal necropolis of Portugal's Aviz dynasty and now houses explorer Vasco da Gama and poet Luís de Camões.
Historic Centre of Évora
The most completely preserved historic city in Portugal south of the Tagus — Évora (Roman Liberalitas Iulia, “Generosity of Julius”, a municipium from the…
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