Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães

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Portugal, Cascais, Conde Castro palace

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This whimsical early-19th-century mansion, complete with castle turrets and Arabic cloister, sits in the grounds of the Parque Marechal Carmona.

The lavishly decorated interior houses 17th-century Indo-Portuguese cabinets, oriental silk tapestries and 350-year-old azulejos (hand-painted tiles).

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