Sé

Lonely Planet review

The Sé was completed in 1251, on what was probably the site of a Roman temple, then a Visigoth cathedral and then a Moorish mosque. Only the tower gate and two chapels remain of the original Romanesque-Gothic exterior - the rest was devoured in 1755. It was rebuilt in a polygamy of Gothic, Renaissance and baroque styles, with intense gilded carving alongside elaborate tilework inside.

You can climb up to the rooftop miradouro (lookout) with views across the pretty walled town to the sea, as well as the storks nesting in the bell towers. The cathedral buildings also house the Museu Capitular, with an assortment of sacred artwork (vestments, chalices, saint statues in glass boxes), and a small shrine built of bones to remind you of your mortality.