portugal

Abandoned Fish Farm – Seixal, Madeira LOCATION On the north coast of Madeira the abandoned “Piscicultura das Contreiras” lies beyond a collapsed road that was damaged due to rockfalls. To get here, you can park your car on the old ER101 Highway at N 32°50.430 W 17°08.438 and then walk along the...

Something hopefully a little different from the same old stuff. Certainly nothing epic, no mail rail, no burlington, no massive chimneys or power stations, just some derps in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Photograph of Sao Miguel by NASA Myself and the Mrs spent about 10 days hiking...

Continuing with my backlog of standard Euroderps, here are 3 hydroelectric power plants I visited in northern Portugal with @jones-y-gog and @Sids. The first one was back in January 2024, followed by the other two in January 2025. I’ve bundled them together into one report seeing as they all...

In a small Portuguese town, there once stood a magnificent palace called the "Palácio dos Flores." It is one of the so-called "Houses of the Brazilians." With its soaring towers, ornate facades, and expansive gardens, it was a testament to the wealth and influence of its owner. These Brazilians...

In a small Portuguese town, there once stood a magnificent palace called the "Palácio dos Flores." It is one of the so-called "Houses of the Brazilians." With its soaring towers, ornate facades, and expansive gardens, it was a testament to the wealth and influence of its owner. These Brazilians...

Just a quick one from me. Another standard Euro derp™ in Portugal, visited in the pleasant company of @jones-y-gog & @Sids. After seeing a couple of previous reports, this went straight to the top of the itinerary for our next trip to Portugal. I could've spent a week taking photos in there but...

Another from the backlog of trips across to the continent from the last 10 years, this time with the usual suspects @Camera Shy @Cloth Head and @host Making the most of our time in Portugal we decided to fly into Lisbon and spend the next 4 days travelling north towards our flight home from...

The former Lisnave shipyards, originally known as Rocha Shipyards, were a prominent Portuguese shipbuilding and repair company located in the Tagus estuary. Initially established in 1937, they were renamed Lisnave in 1961, and their operations focused heavily on ship repair rather than new...

Palácio do Patriarcado The Palácio do Patriarcado, located in Lisbon, Portugal, has served as the official residence of the Patriarch of Lisbon since the 18th century. Originally part of a Jesuit college, the building was repurposed after the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1759 by order of the...

Third trip to Portugal and it just keeps on delivering the goods. This was a bit of a stab in the dark but worth it for the chapel alone. The only other bits we saw were in a sorry state with soggy floors and nothing worth documenting. We didn't see everything however, and we got spooked by...

The theatre is named after a playwright whose work now seems mostly unknown, but he was also an entrepreneur and director of theatres and entertainment initiatives. In 1886 construction began from 'public subscription' and it opened in 1905. It seems that the 10 years following this were its...

This was once the surgical wing of a tuberculosis sanatorium in Portugal. It was built in 1902 and closed down around 25 years ago. Several of the floors have collapsed so you have to watch where you're going, and there's a lot of green mould on the walls. Not something you want to be breathing...

Hello everyone! A few weeks ago I visited Portugal. You would see old and fallen apart buildings everywhere, but most of them where close to beeing completely destroyed. So i was very happy when I found this old hotel, which was still in a solid state. It consisted of two parts / buildings: in...

This was a former cod factory founded in the 1950s, ‘Seca do Bacalhau’ meaning ‘Dry of Cod’ in Portuguese. It’s a large site with a lighthouse, water tower, fish farming area, and living quarters for the workers. There was a documentary made of the women workers who worked there, mostly in slave...

We visited this huge former ceramic/ brick factory in Montijo near Lisbon. I’m unable to find any history on the specific site, but the original company Cermon was founded in 1978, and it looks like it was overtaken by another company Cerâmica do Liz before the site was abandoned sometime in the...