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    Capela dos Ossos

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    Open Now: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
    Largo do Ossario | N 125, Alcantarilha 8365-012, Portugal
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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 3 weeks ago
    TheWalkersWife
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    Rhiwderin, United Kingdom
    “Worth a visit”

    This little chapel is situated in a lovely village with a few cafes and is worth the trip to look... read more

    Reviewed 21 December 2018
    Ann H
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    York, United Kingdom
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    Reviewed 3 weeks ago
    Macabre but strangely appealing

    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
    Worth a visit!! Very unusual!!

    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
    Thank nickieohara
    Reviewed 21 December 2018
    Worth a visit

    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
    Reviewed 28 October 2018
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    Date of experience: October 2018
    Reviewed 5 October 2018 via mobile
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    Date of experience: October 2018
    Reviewed 21 September 2018 via mobile
    Completely crazy

    It’s really worth visiting this place even if I have to say that Christians have been completely crazy by that time. Luckily times have changed b

    Date of experience: September 2018
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    Reviewed 11 September 2018 via mobile
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    Date of experience: September 2018
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    Response from Destiny3168 | Reviewed this property |
    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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