Overview
Portugal is small enough to see properly and varied enough to keep surprising you. Lisbon is the obvious opening, Porto is the three-day counterweight in the north, and the Douro, the Alentejo and the Algarve each make a case for a second week.
2 Portugal city guides
Fun fact
One number worth knowing
Portugal and England have been formally allied since 1386, which makes it the oldest alliance still in force anywhere in the world.


