🇵🇹 Portugal: top 15 places you can’t miss

Last updated Mar 8, 2025

The holiday season will begin very soon. And someone will start to wonder where to go? We have a wonderful option. This is Porto Galia! A country with melodic language, stunning sunsets, fresh seafood and more. So where should we go?

To begin with, the town of Luzu is a place that will forever remain in your heart. In the center of the city there is a cathedral, which amazes with its beauty to the point of trembling. On its territory you can visit a stunning garden. Walking around it feels like you are in a fairy tale.

Luzu seems completely empty, as if everyone has left here. But the city has its own special atmosphere that cannot be expressed in words. You can only enjoy it.

For an overnight stay, we recommend staying at the Vila Duparchy hotel, which has its own history. Which exactly? It is best told by the hotel owner himself with all the interesting details.

The next city on our route is Cascais. It can safely be called the Portuguese Monaco, because there are many casinos in the city. One of the most popular is Casino Estoril. Absolutely every adult can get there, but you must follow the dress code and show your passport at the entrance.

And of course, one cannot fail to note the gorgeous sandy beaches. We recommend going to Cabo da Roca and enjoying the breathtaking views and watching the lighthouse. There are many tourists at this place. It will be difficult to take beautiful photographs; we recommend going in the morning. And be sure to take into account that there is a strong wind on the cape.

If you decide to take a walk along the embankment, then feel free to go to restaurants and try oysters or any other seafood.

To be in Portugal and not visit Lisbon is a real blasphemy. This city has a lot of attractions that are worth seeing. We recommend staying here for a few days.

We recommend going to the port and taking a walk along the promenade. There you will see stalls with wine. If you buy it there, the staff will bring out a sun lounger so you can enjoy the view and a delicious drink.

One of the interesting services in Lisbon is car rental with a tour. You choose the program for your route yourself. An approximate time may be two or more hours. The average cost is about 100 €.

There are many interesting places in Lisbon. Attractions are located far from each other. If you go around everything on foot, you can kill your legs. We rented a tuk-tuk without doors for several hours – we had a Mercedes. On their boards you can find the route and price.

We were taken along routes with the main attractions. It turns out to be a sightseeing tour. Ours lasted a long time – about two or even four hours. We visited 6-8 locations.

We also bought wine, cold cuts, and cheeses from a local shop. At each location they stopped for 15-20 minutes so that we could slowly look around. Several people paid more than 100 € for this. The man who was in the car with us didn’t say anything. He was just there as a driver,” blogger Alina Karpovich.

You can also go to Sintra. There are many palaces in this city. Let's highlight some of them.

Pena Palace (Palacio da Pena) is one of the most memorable attractions. A slightly cartoonish building in a bright yellow-red color, which attracts the attention of tourists from afar. There are a lot of people near it, you need to try hard to take beautiful photos.

Quinta da Regaleira is a manor that resembles a castle. Walking there is like being on a quest, going through mysterious labyrinths, solving riddles and completely immersing yourself in the atmosphere. You should definitely go to the mysterious well. There are legends that it was here that initiations into the Freemasons took place. Going down, you have to overcome nine turns of stone stairs, like nine circles of hell.

Food in Portugal is varied, everyone can find something to their liking. But we recommend staying in establishments that are a little further from the tourist spots, or talking to locals so that they can advise where to go.

When we were sitting near the fortress, we decided to ask a man we met by chance where we could eat delicious food and listen to fado. We were not dressed according to the dress code: some were in shorts, others in flip-flops. And this man took us to listen to fado.

At the entrance they told him that they wouldn’t let us in because we weren’t dressed properly. But he called us his friends and took us to the restaurant. And there were girls sitting there in evening dresses, we even felt ashamed that we were dressed like that. But it was worth it. The restaurant was not the cheapest, but the food there was delicious and we had a good time,” blogger Alina Karpovich.

Since these are tourist places, the food may not always be tasty. When we rented a car, we looked at villages not far from the cities. For example, the most delicious paella we ever had was in a surfers’ village near Sintra. This is a family cafe where the husband cooks and the wife helps. Therefore, pay attention to such establishments,” blogger Alina Karpovich.