Portugal Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country in Southwestern Europe
About Portugal
Portugal sits on the western edge of theIberian peninsula, with two archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite its small land area, it has many landforms and climates between the Atlantic coast and the mountains. The people of Portugal (Portuguesepronunciation: /puɾ.tu.ˈgaɫ/,poor-too-GAHL) today have a heritage drawn from many parts of the globe. Portugal, although it has close ties with the Spanish people, has a distinct cultural and linguisticheritage. The oldest known Iberian peoples left markings and cave paintings more than 50,000 years ago. The Iberian peninsula was a natural resources rich area with heavily wooded forests, wild life, horses and live stock. Mining of minerals such as, gold, silver, copper, tin, iron, tungsten and mercury was well known to exist in antiquity. The Cel
Portugal Travel Guide Sections
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