City Guides

From Vasco da Gama to Fernando Pessoa, Five Centuries of Portuguese History Inside the Cloisters of Jerónimos

Begun by Manuel I in 1502, Jerónimos combines Manueline stonework, royal tombs and Vasco da Gama’s memory beside Lisbon’s Tagus waterfront

National Tile Museum Lisbon Guide: Portuguese Azulejos, the Great Panorama and the Baroque Madre de Deus Convent

Housed in a convent founded in 1509, Lisbon’s Tile Museum traces five centuries of azulejos and preserves the pre-1755 Great Panorama

Mosteiro de São Vicente de Fora Guide: Lisbon’s Baroque Azulejos, Braganza Royal Pantheon and Rooftop Views

Founded by Afonso Henriques in 1147, São Vicente de Fora preserves 100,000 azulejos, a royal pantheon and sweeping Lisbon views

From Medieval University Nations to Public Dissections, Walking Through Four Centuries of Academic Life at the Archiginnasio

Built in 1563 for Bologna’s university, the Archiginnasio preserves 6,000 coats of arms, a 1637 Anatomical Theatre and Stabat Mater...

Cabo da Roca Travel Guide: Atlantic Cliffs, the Historic Lighthouse and Europe’s Westernmost Mainland Point

Portugal’s 1772 Cabo da Roca lighthouse rises above 140-metre Atlantic cliffs at the westernmost point of mainland Europe, west of...

How King João V Built Mafra to Rival Baroque Rome, Filling It with Italian Sculpture, Flemish Bells and Thirty Thousand Books

Begun by João V in 1717, Mafra combines a royal palace, Franciscan convent, six organs and a 30,000-volume Baroque library

Descending into the Initiation Well and Following the Hidden Tunnels Through Carvalho Monteiro’s Extraordinary Garden at Quinta da Regaleira

Built for Carvalho Monteiro around 1900, Quinta da Regaleira hides an Initiation Well, underground tunnels and esoteric symbols across its Romantic Sintra gardens