Capela dos Ossos

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Largo do Ossario | N 125, Alcantarilha 8365-012, Portugal
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Date of experience: April 2019
Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

A very small little chapel, a bit macabre but worth a visit. Seen similar chapels/displays in Italy and France and did not realize there was one in Portugal. We went at sunset, absolutely beautiful. Narrow road to the church, watch out for local drivers..

Date of experience: October 2018
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Date of experience: March 2019
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Date of experience: March 2019
Reviewed 5 March 2019

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 18 January 2019 via mobile
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Date of experience: January 2019
Reviewed 1 January 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 21 December 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 5 December 2018 via mobile
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Date of experience: October 2018
Reviewed 8 November 2018
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Date of experience: November 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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