Description: About-Portugal.com - a short guide to Portugal - home page
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Mainland Portugal is the most south-westerly country in Europe, and one of its great tourist destinations.
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With almost 1000 kilometres of coastline, mainland Portugal is a country with plenty of room for the millions of tourists who fly in each year from all over Europe and beyond. And with a history stretching back to prehistoric times, it is also a country with a fabulous heritage – historic cities such as Lisbon , Oporto and Coimbra, the great vineyard areas of the Douro and northern Portugal, with their eponymous wines including Port (named after Porto or Oporto, from where it has long been exported world
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