Though Portugal has a long history of wine making and some of its wines are among the greatest in the world, I have the feeling that the Portuguese wine sector has progressed less in recent years than its See this map and read more about Wine Regions of Portugal.

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See this map and read more about Islas Formigues.

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Oporto, Porto, the city which gave Portugal its name (almost as if there were a place in Britain called "Eng"). It is what it says,... See this map and read more about Oporto.

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Madrid is a great base for exploring the centre of Spain. The map shows the most popular excursions, the towns of most interest within a short See this map and read more about Around Madrid.

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Gaud is closely linked to Barcelona, indeed it is hard to see his works outside Catalonia. See this map and read more about Gaudi in Barcelona.

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The Costa del Sol, the "sunny coast," is the coast of the province of Málaga, elbowing its way down into the province of See this map and read more about Costa del Sol.

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See this map and read more about Cabo de Cope-Puntas de Calnegre.

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Andalusia (Andalucia in Spanish, pronounced roughly And-al-oo-thii-ya in correct Castilian and And-al-oo-see-ya in Andalusia itself) is the second largest region in See this map and read more about Andalusia.

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The Costa Brava, the rugged coastline of the province of Girona, was one of the first tourist areas in the world to be intentionally developed as such, in... See this map and read more about The Costa Brava.

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South of the River Tagus, north of the Algarve, east or south-east of the Lisbon region and stretching across to the border with See this map and read more about Alentejo.

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Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic, directly north of the Spanish Canary Islands, but considerably further away from... See this map and read more about Madeira.

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Slap-bang in the middle (literally) of the Atlantic, the Portuguese Azores archipelago (Açores in Portuguese) has been an attractive destination for visitors since the sixties, though it was... See this map and read more about The Azores.

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The Algarve Region is Portugal's best known internationally, mainly because of its climate and its beaches. Historically, it is the Portuguese region which was longest occupied... See this map and read more about The Algarve Region.

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The new Lisbon and Tagus Valley region of Portugal didn't last five minutes, and is now the Área Metropolitana de See this map and read more about The Lisbon Metropolitan Area.

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Portugal's Centro region includes the old distritos of See this map and read more about The Centro Region.

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The Norte region is Portugal at its most attractive: with the notable exception of bustling See this map and read more about The Norte Region.

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The Costa Blanca, the coastline of the province of Alicante, enjoys a particularly hospitable microclimate (hospitable to tourists, at least) which means it is nearly as... See this map and read more about Costa Blanca.

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Levante ( literally, "where the sun rises") is Eastern Spain, the Spanish mainland coastal Mediterranean region between the Sistema Iberíca... See this map and read more about Levante.

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That the Catalan-speaking countries of Catalonia and the Principality of Andorra roll south from the peaks of the See this map and read more about Catalonia and Andorra.

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The corrugated plains of La Rioja and Aragón sit in the triangle formed between the See this map and read more about Aragón and La Rioja.

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