The colorful houses line the canals and seafront ... Lisbon is a city in Portugal that calls the beautiful Alfama district home. The old town is brimming with pastel-colored houses perched ...

Take Monsanto, a small village in central Portugal just 16 miles from the Spanish ... Spend a few hours wandering the cobbled streets past red-roofed homes, massive boulders, and cave dwellings ...

these spots are Portugal at its alluring best. Scroll down and you'll discover a scintillating volcanic island, a village where houses appear to grow out of boulders and a 'picture-perfect' hamlet ...