Best places: National museums in Algés, Portugal

Neoclassical palace, the 19th-century residence of the royal family, now museum of decorative arts.

👍👍 A little jewel off the beaten tourist track but well worth the trip.The displays have loads of African and Portuguese exhibits that I have not seen in other places.I especially liked the African masks and the Angolan lids for pots where the top is carved to represent a proverb- cooking meeting commo...