Hidden places in Portugal

A village squeezed between giant granite boulders, with houses built under the rocks.

A tiny hilltop village of white houses above a huge lake, with famously dark night skies.

Canals, painted moliceiro boats and Art Nouveau facades near the coast.

The 'birthplace of Portugal', with a castle and a medieval centre.

A fishing town famous for the world's biggest surfed waves.

A calm Algarve town on a river, with a Roman-style bridge and island beaches.

A Templar castle and convent above a riverside town.

A walled city in the Alentejo with a Roman temple and a chapel lined with bones.

A whitewashed medieval town completely enclosed by its castle walls.

A seaside town on Lisbon's coast, with wild cliffs at Boca do Inferno.

Golden cliffs, sea arches and hidden coves on the Algarve coast.

Fairytale palaces scattered over forested hills near Lisbon.

Green hills dropping into calm turquoise bays south of Lisbon.

The westernmost point of mainland Europe, on wild Atlantic cliffs.

Terraced vineyards along a winding river, reachable on one of Europe's most scenic train lines.

Portugal's only national park: granite mountains, waterfalls and wild horses.

Portugal's highest mountains, with glacial valleys and shepherd villages.

A sea cave with a round hole in its roof, lighting up a hidden beach.

Portugal's religious capital, with the zigzag staircase of Bom Jesus.

An old university town on a hill with a gilded Baroque library.

Hills, yellow trams and tiled facades above the Tagus river.

Tiled churches and steep lanes tumbling down to the Douro river and its port cellars.