Tourism is the peninsula’s main activity due to its long beaches facing the Atlantic. There is a ferry boat connection between the peninsula and the city of Setúbal. Tróia has important archeological sites dating […]

Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park is a natural park in the Alentejo Region of south-central Portugal. It is one of the 30 Natural Park areas which are officially under Portuguese protection in the country.

The Algarve from Arabic: الغرب‎, Al-Gharb, meaning ”The West” is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal. The Algarve is the most popular tourist destination in Portugal, and one of the most popular in Europe.

The name, Latinized Durius, may have come from the Celtic tribes that inhabited the area before Roman times: the Celtic root is *dubro- and in modern Welsh dŵr is ”water” with cognate dobhar in Irish.
The Douro […]

Coimbra first nation’s capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the […]