Portugal is a country with an impressive past and an assured future as a tourist destination with a potential that finds few equals anywhere in the world find the perfect vacation Portugal with us!

 

Portugal has one of the most diverse landscapes, climates and history and its diversity is concentrated on a relatively small area span of 92,212 km² or 35,603 sq miles.

Once it was a remote and inaccessible country due to poor infrastructures and failing public transports.

Nowadays thanks to the large investments in the recovery of roads and the building of new highways in the last few years, a good and affordable public transport network, cheaper flights to the 3 main airports of Portugal and affordable car rent, it has become both the perfect place for short breaks or long luxurious, relaxing or innovative holidays and just plain happy, all-round ‘vacation Portugal’.

Portugal is the smaller, greener part of the Iberian peninsula and it’s the most south western point of Europe bordered by Spain to the east and North and surrounded by the Atlantic ocean to the west and south.

Portugal is a country with a rich historic past that reaches beyond the prosperous Roman settlers who’s many sites we can still view today.

The Roman towns, in certain cases, where most certainly built on top of the remains of the older cultures that inhabited Portugal such as the Lusitan people, who where an Indo-European people closely related to the celts, other than that there where celts from different tribes the celts who where originally from Galicia and the Celtici a tribe that inhabited some parts of the central and south of the Iberian peninsula and the Cynetes a southern Iberian civilization, that in Portugal lived mainly in the Algarve region.
On some of the mountains we can still find many marks of these peoples almost untouched.

The Roman period which came later was bridged by the Moorish invasion which lasted 700 years and it ended with the ‘reconquista’ or reconquering of Portugal, which happened in phases starting with the south and moving upward to the more Northern parts of Central Portugal and the ascent of it’s large Christian heritage that followed when it became a country loose from Spain and the Moorish occupation.
It has always been a country of many cultures that over time have co-existed peacefully in some periods and in other periods led to clashes, wars and expulsions.

The main expulsions in Portugal involved it’s many Jewish citizens in the 15 century, who have helped build a large part of the medieval heritage and gladly they also left monuments that explain their lifestyles and haven’t been destroyed or decayed and the Moorish who even-though they occupied Portugal, they where not always seen as the enemy and they marked much of their culture onto the Portuguese street plans, architecture and language enriching the country in many ways.

As the Jews, the Moors where ex-pulsed in medieval Portugal if they refused to convert to Christianity but their cultures have mixed and are still evident in modern Portugal.

Through the countries natural resources, it’s many wars and victories and its important role as a colonizer during the colonization period, it had gained many riches.

The countries surprising amount of impressive historical buildings, it’s advanced historical city planning and architectural heritage give clear and well preserved evidence of its past, as do the many artefacts, archaeological finds and more recent remaining art of the last millennium.

The modern inhabitants have a more recent history of dictatorship until 1972 and the current crisis which is leaving new marks on the country but it’s current state is that of any other modern country in Europe.

Portugal’s landscapes are as diverse, rich and changeable as its history, from rocky mountains to green lush plains, from rivers, lakes and sea beaches to it’s vineyards, fruit orchards, wildlife and abundant underwater diving paradises. It’s a country that can cater for all.

Portugal has been attracting tourists for many years but the last few years tourism has grown at a fast pace concentrated mainly around it’s capital, Lisbon and the more Southern beach province the Algarve.

Lisbon an old city with a long and rich history has grown to be a modern metropolis full of young and innovative people local and international, a generation that stands loose of Portugal’s relatively recent dictatorship past that are doing interesting things to help generate and accommodate a modern tourist market.

Lisbon city can play with the imagination of any romantic as it has amazing views over the Tagus river from different settings on any of it’s seven hills and it’s visually enticing, much mixed historical melting pot of architectural styles.

The older generations and younger generations cater fully to the traditional heritage which is still there and abundant.

To the south vacation in Portugal are mainly taken in its province, the Algarve, a province of beaches once covered with traditional fishing boats now a popular paradise for beach and sun loving re-creationists.

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Both areas are fantastic and each has it’s own character and diversity.

Lisbon is a fast growing city that ranks high as favourite European city for city breaks or short vacations. It has a large range of hotels from budget to very luxurious, a multitude of great restaurants and many cultural and historical points of interest. Its a city build on seven hills with the best views you could get in any city, anywhere.

The Algarve has the cleanest sea beaches in Europe, many resorts and a great climate with almost a 100% guarantee of sun from may to October, nowadays busy in the holiday months, but there are still many great unvisited places to be found.

But both these fantastic places that have made Portugal famous in the modern travel market are just small parts of the huge diversity that Portugal has to offer this makes it one of the best countries for vacationing and Discovery in Europe, because there is still so much more!

Our site will cover the entire country and each area famous or yet unknown has its own uniqueness and charm and we’ll help you find it.

To find the perfect vacation in Portugal, first of all you will need to know what your interest are.

Portugal is famous for it’s beaches, lakes and rivers providing many great summertime activities and beach holidays, the choice is tremendous.

It’s famous for wine and fish. It’s famous for Fado and tradition and all these things are great but that’s just the beginning.

Fishing, horse-riding, sports, parachuting, diving, heavenly country retreats, culinary treats and retreats in noble manor houses or modern resorts.

It’s a country that caters just as well to relaxing, refreshing holidaying or active and even challenging vacations.

Portugal has to much to offer to mention in just one article!

Reasons for visiting or a vacation to Portugal

• 1. The Climate summers are long and warm and winters mild, wet and short

• 2. The costs, Portugal is one of the cheapest holiday destinations offering a large range of high class food and accommodation at much lower prices than other European holiday destinations Portugal has a very high price/quality balance

• 3. It has an old and well preserved history with its many castles, monasteries, museums and historical sites that are unique.

• 4. It has an incredibly diverse nature and climate on a relatively small area. it’s hot summers can on certain days feel like they could scourge every living thing, generally it’s