Best places: Churches in Portugal

Shrine & pilgrimage complex where the Virgin Mary appeared to 3 children, with a basilica & chapel.

Religious retreat with neoclassical church, exhibition & wooded hillside gardens with an elevator.

This iconic mountaintop church has a small museum & dome offering panoramic views.

Ornately sculpted, Manueline style, hilltop Roman Catholic convent with medieval cloisters.

Hilltop Romanesque cathedral, with a fortress-like interior, a rose window & Gothic cloisters.

Monument built from 11th to 13th century in mix of styles, including a late Gothic entrance gallery.

Gothic-style, late-15th-century Catholic church with an ornate interior comprising 3 naves.

One of the earliest Jesuit churches, built in the 16th century, with several mainly baroque chapels.

Catholic parish church containing a mausoleum housing the remains of Portugal's first king.

👍👍 Seemingly normal small rural village church turns out to be an amazing tourist attraction and landmark. Behind the alter you begin to notice this isn't your regular Aldeia church - there are caves. The church itself engulfs a large rock which creates a claustrophobically tight passageway. Very wort...

👍👍 Majestic church architecture, amazing interior with beautiful religious art. Places in front of a large and flowered square garden.

17th-century baroque church turned into modern-day mausoleum for tombs of national celebrities.

Art-filled place of worship & the burial place of the Braganza monarchs of Portugal.

👍👍 Nice church. The woman who's working there is also very nice and has a lot of information about the history.

👍👍 Todo o espaço envolvente da Ermida bem conservado, no seu interior e exterior. Espaço religioso muito bonito, com salas próprias para fins distintos de crença. Está localizado no topo de um monte com vista deslumbrante sobre Montemor o Novo e planícies. Tem vários serviços como, loja de produtos rel...

👍👍 Totally worth the guided tour and 5€ if you’re in the area and the mood. We loved it and loved our guide. It took maybe an hour to an hour and a half.

👍👍 Start of construction: 1574 Inauguration: 1626 (first mass) Initially, House of the Order of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. Current owner: Portuguese State (church, cloister and tomb); Private - Amorim Family (a Cerca) In the cloister space there are several panels of polychrome tiles with figu...

👍 The Church of Bento Is located in the village of the Brave Sacra. This church is dating from the 16TH century, this is one of the oldest rural temples in the Province of the most visited Funchal and one of the island, a unesco Listed Property. This church has manuelinas, maneiristas and baroque fea...

Dating to the 16th century, this Catholic church features an ornate facade & sumptuous interior.

👍👍 Heritage full of history and meaning. He comes from the Kingdom of León, participated in the creation of the Kingdom of Portugal, sponsored by the 1⁰ King Afonso Henriques. Benedictine and later Jesuit, protected by D. Duarte the wise king. Today is an insult to this whole story. An insult to the P...