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Stories Set in Portugal — top stories

Caravels and explorers, Pessoa's Lisbon, brooding Douro valleys and Algarve light — Portugal writes melancholy and adventure in equal measure. Start with these ten, then open the country on StoryTerra's map for the full catalogue by city and era.

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10 famous stories set in Portugal

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Browse 95 books, 177 movies, 1 TV show and 3 games set in Portugal.

Fast X

Fast X

Universal Pictures-Original Film-One Race-Perfect Storm Entertainment
movie

Over many missions and against impossible odds Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying…

Setting: Rome, Italy; London, England; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Portugal; AntarcticaTime Period: 2023
After Everything

After Everything

Voltage Pictures-Wattpad
movie

Besieged by writer’s block and the crushing breakup with Tessa Hardin travels to Portugal in search of a woman he wronged in the past – and to find himself. Hoping to win back Tessa he realizes he needs to change his…

Setting: PortugalTime Period: 2020s
Vagabond

Vagabond

Jang Yeong-cheol
tvshow

Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National…

Setting: South Korea; Morocco; PortugalTime Period: 2019
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

Ernst Marischka & Co-Erma-Filmproduktionsgesellschaft
movie

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.

Setting: Austria; Madeira, PortugalTime Period: 19th Century
The Blood of Olympus

The Blood of Olympus

by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
book

Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods' worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge…

Setting: ['Ithaca (Greece)', 'Pompeii (Italy)', 'Olympus (Greece)', 'Évora (Portugal)', 'Long Island, New York (United States)', 'Pylos (Greece)', 'Sparta (Greece)', 'San Juan (Puerto Rico)', 'Buford, South Carolina (United States)', 'Delos, Cyclades (Greece)', 'Athens (Greece)']Time Period: 2014
Fatima

Fatima

Origin Entertainement Pictures-Panorama Films-Rose Pictures
movie

In 1917 outside the parish of Fátima Portugal a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War…

Setting: Fátima, PortugalTime Period: 1917
Ronaldo

Ronaldo

On the Corner Films-We Came We Saw We Conquered Studios
movie

Filmed over 14 months with unprecedented access into the inner circle of the man and the sport this is the first official and fully authorised film of one of the most celebrated figures in football. For the first time…

Setting: Portugal; Spain; GlobalTime Period: 2014-2015
Tabu

Tabu

Komplizen Film-Gullane Entretenimento-RTP-O Som e a Fúria-Shellac Sud-ZDF/Arte
movie

Lisbon Portugal 2010. Pilar a pious woman devoted to social causes maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

Setting: Lisbon, PortugalTime Period: 2010
Vidas Cruzadas

Vidas Cruzadas

Telemilênio
movie

"Vidas Cruzadas" tells the story of young people whose lives are transformed when they meet new people!

Setting: PortugalTime Period: 2020
Películas

Películas

movie

Películas is the name of a poetry book by Luís Miguel Nava a homosexual poet born in Viseu who died in Brussels and whose magnificent poetic work remains widely unknown. Drawn from the filmmaker’s family super8 film…

Setting: Brussels, Belgium; Viseu, PortugalTime Period: 2010s

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