PORTUGAL // Whisking you back to a more genteel age of rail travel, Porto's São Bento train station was designed by architect José Marques da Silva in the Beaux Arts style in 1903. The facade is pretty enough with its mansard roof, but step inside to understand what all the fuss is about: namely azulejos. Some 20,000 decorative tiles dance across every inch of wall space. These bear the imprint of master tile painter Jorge Colaço, who worked his magic on the station between 1905 and 1916. Large-scale blue-and-white azulejo panels force you to gaze up to scenes depicting milestone events in Portuguese history: Prince Henry the Navigator's conquest of Ceuta in 1415, for instance, and the Battle of Valdevez between the Kingdom of León and Portugal in 1141.