Capela dos Ossos

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Macabre but strangely appealing

This is a tiny chapel of bones by many standards, but it's free to step inside and look around... read more

Reviewed 4 weeks ago
TheWalkersWife
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Rhiwderin, United Kingdom
Worth a visit!! Very unusual!!

This is a unique experience and well worth a visit BUT do it when you hire a car because... read more

Reviewed January 1, 2019
nickieohara
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Blackburn, United Kingdom
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Largo do Ossario | N 125, Alcantarilha 8365-012, Portugal
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Reviewed 5 days ago via mobile
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Date of experience: March 2019
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Date of experience: March 2019
Reviewed 4 weeks ago

This is a tiny chapel of bones by many standards, but it's free to step inside and look around (there are bars preventing you from touching the bones). Looking at the skulls lining the chapel walls makes you acutely aware of your own mortality so...More

Date of experience: April 2018
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Reviewed January 17, 2019 via mobile
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Date of experience: January 2019
Reviewed January 1, 2019

This is a unique experience and well worth a visit BUT do it when you hire a car because Alcantarilha is a tiny village and it costs 20Euros each way from Albufeira in a taxi. The chapel itself is in a tiny side street but...More

Date of experience: December 2018
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Reviewed December 21, 2018

This little chapel is situated in a lovely village with a few cafes and is worth the trip to look. The walls and ceilings are decorated from the skulls and bones from old parishioners from an old cemetery. There are bars to stop them being...More

Date of experience: December 2018
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Reviewed December 5, 2018 via mobile
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Date of experience: October 2018
Reviewed November 8, 2018
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Date of experience: November 2018
Reviewed October 28, 2018
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Date of experience: October 2018
Reviewed October 4, 2018 via mobile
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Date of experience: October 2018
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Hi, depending on disability the church is not easy to access. The church has quite a few steps up to get into and doorway was not wide. Most of main church is flat but to get into skull part would be very tricky with a... More
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