How To Use This E-Book
Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Portugal, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Portugal, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Portugal are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Portugal. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
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Table of Contents
Portugals Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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Coimbra
The historic university city has been the hub of Portugals intellectual life since the 13th century. For more information, .
Top Attraction #2
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Sintra
Magical mansions, fantastical palaces, and gardens of delight in Lisbons aristocratic summer retreat. For more information, .
Top Attraction #3
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Belm
Pay homage to Portuguese explorers and eat custard tarts in Lisbons riverside district. For more information, .
Top Attraction #4
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Trs-os-Montes
Witness Portuguese tradition in these remote and beautiful farmlands. For more information, .
Top Attraction #5
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Bom Jesus do Monte
A place of pilgrimage with a stairway to heaven in the mountains of the Minho. For more information, .
Top Attraction #6
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Porto
Portugals historic second city, straddling the River Douro, is keeping pace with the 21st century. For more information, .
Top Attraction #7
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Algarve
The Mediterranean climate and golden beaches have made it Portugals top destination for sunseekers. For more information, .
Top Attraction #8
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Douro Valley
One of Portugals prettiest regions and home to the renowned port wine. For more information, .
Top Attraction #9
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Serra da Estrela
Hikes amid fantastic scenery in Portugals highest mountains. For more information, .
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vora
Once a Roman settlement, now a star of the Alentejo. For more information, .
A Perfect Tour Of Portugal
Day 1
The north
Start in northern Portugal, exploring the magnificent baroque and tile-coated buildings of Porto, and sampling the finest port wines. Alternatively start your journey in the lovely university town of Coimbra, a chance to see its wonderful jumble of historic architecture, and hear the citys unique melancholy fado .
Day 2
Mountain splendour
Either meander some more around Porto or Coimbra, or hire a car and take a trip east into the wild countryside of Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela, where you can discover on foot, by bike, or on horseback this rugged national park.
Day 3
Heading south
Take a leisurely drive down to Lisbon, calling in at fascinating Tomar on the way its Templar castle is a Unesco World Heritage Site and well worth a look. Once at the capital, book into the Bairro Alto Hotel (for more information, ) for an upmarket treat.