Everything you need to know about Portugal
Portugal runs from the green, granite north to the plains and cliffs of the Algarve, with the Azores and Madeira far out in the Atlantic. Explore its districts and cities, follow the rivers that cross from Spain to the sea, and discover the history behind the places. Then practise the European Portuguese you will hear in Lisbon and Porto.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Portugal
Portugal is a strip about 560 kilometers long down the Atlantic edge of Iberia, split by the Tagus into a green, hilly north and the wide, dry plains of the south. Far out in the ocean, the Azores and Madeira are volcanic islands that are as much a part of the country as Lisbon.
Know the shape of the country
Start with the eighteen districts and the two island regions. Then place the cities and follow the rivers down to the ocean. Each map opens a game with clues about the places you find.
Places worth visiting
Essential ยท Age of Discovery
Belรฉm Tower & Jerรณnimos
Age of Discovery monuments carved in Manueline stone. The Jerรณnimos Monastery and the original pastel de nata bakery are close by.
Walk Lisbonโs hills and Portoโs riverfront, then add the palaces of Sintra and the golden cliffs of the Algarve. Essential is our shortlist for a first trip, and worth a detour goes further. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Portuguese with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
When you have had your fill of Portugal, the countries marked guide have a page like this one, and every other has maps of its own.
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