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The Alentejo area is blessed with a beautiful coastline and is easily accessible - as most of Portugal is - house prices are significantly lower than in more well-known regions such as the Algarve.



You find plenty of sports in Portugal. Often dubbed as the “jardim à beira-mar plantado” (garden planted by the sea), Portugal certainly is a wonderful playground in the southwestern Europe. So, if you are looking to have wonderful sporting holidays in Portugal, go ahead!



The seaside village of Praia da Luz (pronounced loozh) lies in the western Algarve, Portugal only 6km west of the city of Lagos. Traditionally it has been a fishing village that specialised in octopus potting and Luz once had a Tuna canning factory by the beach. There was an early settlement hear and the Romans left their mark in the form of a bath house and aqueduct.



In the far south of Portugal the Algarve offers one of Europe's warmest and most sunny climates with a breathtaking landscape of sandy beaches, forests and hills. In recent decades it has evolved from it's agricultural and fishing background to become a major tourist destination. Avoid the mass produced apartments and monotonous villa complexes and discover some of the Algarve's best kept secrets.



Porto, having given its name to port wine and the country itself is the second largest city of Portugal. It is motherhood of Portugal wine industry. Initially Porto has been constructed as a Roman port. Mentions of crusaders and riches inflow from Portuguese sea colonies have been saved in the past of the city.



For many centuries, Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, was regarded as one of the most magnificent cities in Europe. With its long history, Moorish influences, stunning location and vast riches from India and Brazil, it was a trading hub for hundreds of years. But a devastating earthquake in 1755, followed by fire and a tidal wave, reduced it to ruins and obscurity.



Portugal has always been known as the land to the left of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula, caught among its traditional way of life - fishing and agriculture. But thanks to the technology and the integration, Portugal´s 91.985 km2, of which 88.944 km2 correspond to the mainland territory and the rest to the beautiful islands of the Azores and Madeira.



I think what I liked about Lisbon the most, was that it had a little of everything, at a decent price; that is to say, a little of San Francisco, some of Rio, and a lot of the old winding streets of Paris, or Malta; and a number of grand churches. But this is not why I came, even though it was one of the best hidden secrets in Europe.



Portugal, a country with a rich seafaring history, is located on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula west of Spain.



It was not until the 13th century that the Portuguese finally secured the region against subsequent Moorish attempts to recapture the area. Its highest point is the mountain range of Monchique, with a maximum altitude of 906m (Peak of the Foia). The region's administrative centre is the city of Faro, which has its own international airport (Faro Airport) and public university (University of the Algarve).


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