Built on a series of hills overlooking the broad Tagus Estuary, Lisbon is one of Europe’s most visually striking cities. Its elegantly homogeneous appearance is partly the result of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of the cit...

There is so much to see outside the Lisbon city limits—think royal palaces, hilltop castles, wild coastlines, and mysterious standing stones, all easily explored on a guided day trip from the city.