Mosteiro dos Jeronimos

The experience

Commissioned by King Manuel I in 1501 and funded by the spice trade, this vast monastery is the masterwork of Portuguese Manueline architecture, its cloister and church carved with ropes, corals and navigational symbols. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it holds the tombs of Vasco da Gama and the poet Luis de Camoes. The 55-metre south portal is a sculptural tour de force.

The single richest expression of Manueline stone-carving, in a two-storey cloister of astonishing detail.

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.