Portugal

Portugal has a rich, unique culture, lively cities and beautiful countryside. The country offers outstanding landscape diversity, due to its North-South disposition along the western shore of the Iberian peninsula. You can travel in a single day from green mountains in the North, covered with vines and all varieties of trees to rocky mountains, with spectacular slopes and falls in the centre, to a near-desert landscape in the Alentejo region and finally to the glamorous beach holidays destination, the Algarve.

If you want a condensed view of European landscapes, culture and way of life, Portugal might very well fit the bill. It is the epicentre of the finest surfing in Europe, it’s pristine beaches during autumn/winter time attracting surfers with the massive waves rolling off the mighty Atlantic.

Quick Facts

Name	Portugal
Population	10.3 million
Capital	Lisbon
Language	Portuguese
Currency	Euro (EUR)
Time Zone	UTC
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