Tavira together with Lagos is one of the most beautiful historical cities on the Algarve coast. The city is located along the banks of the Rio Gilão 3 km from the mouth of the river. The many churches and the beautiful Renaissance and Baroque palaces, with Manueline windows and facades covered with splendid colored azulejos […]
Lagos is an ancient port, also used during the Arab occupation. The city became important in the fifteenth century thanks to the Prince of Portugal Henry the Navigator, who used it as a favorite base for the departures of Portuguese boats to explore the African coast. It was the capital of the Algarve between 1576 […]
Portimão (45,000 inhabitants) is the second most populous city in the Algarve. Its historic center is picturesque with a medieval core of narrow alleys located on a bend in the ribeira de Odeluca. The area where the city stands was certainly inhabited before the arrival of the Romans who left several testimonies of their presence. […]
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Albufeira: the Saint-Tropez of Portugal
Albufeira was originally a picturesque fishing village along the Algarve coast. But from the 70s of the twentieth century the fishing village has developed to become the main tourist center of the Algarve. Albufeira is nicknamed the Saint-Tropez of Portugal. This lively seaside resort offers tourists golden beaches alternating with rocky cliffs and an intense […]
The Alfama, which extends east of the city center, is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Lisbon and still retains its Arab structure. This is undoubtedly the most popular and folkloric district of the capital. In Alfama you can get lost in a picturesque tangle of alleys and stairways between fish stalls and characteristic shops. […]
Lisbon has a Mediterranean climate strongly influenced by the presence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream, and is one of the warmest cities in Europe, the sunniest periods are those of spring and summer. The hottest months are July and August with maximum temperatures that sometimes even reach 35 ° / 40 ° […]
Lisbon (565,000 inhabitants, metropolitan area almost 3,000,000 inhabitants), is the capital and largest city of Portugal. The city is located along the north bank of the Tejo (Tagus) near its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. The city is united with the other side of the Tagus by two important bridges, the 25 April bridge inaugurated […]
The city of Porto has a type of mixed climate between the Mediterranean climate and the temperate oceanic climate, the city has dry and temperate summers and mild and humid winters. The climate of Porto is influenced by the proximity of the sea and the presence of the warm Gulf Stream. The differences in seasonal […]
Porto (about 265,000 inhabitants) is an important city in northern Portugal. Portugal’s second largest city after Lisbon, which is 280 km away, is located on the north bank of the Douro River. The city is renowned for its wine, the Porto, but it is also a modern city and an important commercial center. In fact, […]
The city of Guimarães has a type of climate mixed between the temperate oceanic climate and the Mediterranean one in which four well-defined seasons are distinguished. The city has cold and very rainy winters. The intermediate seasons, i.e. autumn and spring, are mild in terms of temperatures, but rather rainy. Summer is the driest and […]
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Guimarães: a historic medieval town
Guimarães is a historic town of about 50,000 inhabitants located in the north of Portugal, about 50 km from Porto, and a short distance from Braga. It is a historic city known as the birthplace of the Portuguese nation, having been the nation’s first capital and having given birth to the first king of Portugal: […]
The city of Braga is located in the northern part of Portugal a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean, due to its location the city has a mixed climate between the Mediterranean and the temperate oceanic climate. For these reasons the city has 4 well-defined seasons and with frequent rains in the months of autumn, […]
Braga is a city of 170,000 inhabitants, located in the north of Portugal, about 50 km from Porto, and a short distance from Guimarães. The city is one of the oldest in the nation, it was in fact founded by the Romans with the name of Bracara Augusta. In 715 it was occupied by the […]
Fatima is a small Portuguese town that has around 10,000 inhabitants. This town located about 110 km from Lisbon, became famous in the world in 1917 mainly thanks to the Marian apparitions which then led to the construction of the Sanctuary of Fatima. Over the years it has become one of the most important Marian […]
The city of Coimbra has a Mediterranean climate. Therefore a generally mild climate with annual average temperatures ranging between 21.2 ° C of the maximum average temperatures and 9.8 ° C of the minimum average temperatures. The rains show the typical alternation of the Mediterranean climate between a very dry summer season and the rainy […]