Known as the "Most Portuguese Village in Portugal," Monsanto is a fascinating hilltop town entirely built from stone. Some buildings are hewn directly out of massive granite boulders that populate ...

"The Stone Town of Zanzibar is a fine example of the Swahili coastal ... the Hamamni and other Persian baths. stands on the ruined Portuguese Church and residential quarters, which had been converted ...

On the outskirts of the town, a little further north, the Senhor da Pedra sanctuary also awaits, a Baroque pilgrimage site ...