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The Jerónimos Monastery is the most impressive symbol of Portugal’s power and wealth during the Age of Discovery. King Manuel I built it in 1502 on the site of a hermitage founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, where Vasco da Gama and his crew spent their last night in Portugal in prayer before leaving for […]

Pena National Palace is perhaps one of the most iconic and best-known images of Portugal. Perched high on a hilltop above the romantic town of Sintra. The Pena Palace can be seen from as far away as Portugal’s capital on a clear day. Sintra leaves most visitors with a feeling of mystical enchantment. Its magical […]

Lisbon is a great destination for a long weekend escape: it’s a multicultural, passionate, multifaceted city, and it will conquer you with its mix of modern and old fashioned. So, what you must see in Lisbon? Here are what you need to include in your Portuguese itinerary. In this video you can see just small […]

Hells Mouth is an interesting cliff formation close to Cascais, which has been given an overly dramatic name of Hell’s Mouth. The ceaseless pounding of the Atlantic Ocean on the cliffs chiselled out a small cave, which subsequently collapsed forming a small bay and natural arch. In the summer these waves merely splash around in […]

Wedding town Óbidos boasts an amazing historical center, surrounded by a classic battlemented wall, formed by a maze of stone paved streets, and pleasingly whitewashed houses adorned with flowers and bright spots of yellow and blue painting. Perched on a hill rising out of an agricultural plain, Óbidos is one of Portugal’s picturesque gems. From […]

(Oceanário de Lisboa) is the second largest aquarium in Europe, after L’Oceanogràfic in Valencia. Its building is one of the most eye-catching in the Park of the Nations. It is “floating” in the water, and can be accessed by crossing a footbridge. During the Expo it was called the Oceans Pavilion (Pavilhão dos Oceanos), and […]