Gare do Oriente

Designed by acclaimed Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the space-age Gare do Oriente is an extraordinary vaulted structure, with slender columns fanning out into a concertina roof to create a kind of geometric, crystalline forest. The Starship Enterprise –like entrance adds a sci-fi dimension to the organic edifice. Calatrava, it seems, is a trainspotter at heart, having put his signature on other stations in Zurich, Lyon and Valencia. Keep an eye out for bold murals by celebrated artists like Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Antonio Seguí and Arthur Boyd at the metro station.