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Hidden places in Portugal

1 uncrowded place in Portugal, away from Lisbon: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Grey schist houses of Piódão climbing the hillside with the white parish church in the centre
Hidden towns Portugal · Coimbra District

Piódão

A schist village stacked like an amphitheatre into the Serra do Açor, where slate-black houses with blue-painted doors face a single white church.

Coordinates
40°13′47″N 7°49′31″W
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Mountain
Best season
Best in Autumn