"The Old Castles Country" Portugal by mcb

Portugal Travel Guide: 23,447 reviews and 52,774 photos

Mertola Castle - A Moors town - Portugal

I live in and i love Portugal

The old Castles Country

Portugal as born in 12 th century, though battles and big wars, we became in the 16th century the biggest smaller country in the world.
Since the decolonization the biggest became the smaller.

So now we are small but we are very proud of it. Portuguese likes his country.

Information

ALVOR - Algarve

I recomend this site about a lot of Portugal:

http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/
(in English and Portuguese)

Have a good trip to Portugal

The portuguese wine

Some botles of wine

" Wine are like men,
they get better with time"

From North to South, Portugal shows a vast variety of wines, from the pleasant freshness of Green wine to Port wine, the most
generous in the World.

I love PORTO WINE but i don't forget MADEIRA WINE as well.

My favourite table wines are the Alentejo ones. A region of high quality wine's production.

Pros and Cons

Pros:History, Food, People, a little of everything
Cons:no Con's
In a nutshell:Great Country

Last visit to Portugal: Dec 2003
Intro Updated Jul 20, 2004
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Comments (17)

ronaldbarr Apr 15, 2005 at 9:20 AM Report Abuse

It is so good to meet you here on VT and to trake a virtual trip to Pretty Portugal. So much sunshine. Easy to rate your useful tips. Greetings from Ireland. ronaldbarr
Bwana_Brown Dec 5, 2004 at 11:04 AM Report Abuse

Catarina, a great view of Portugal and it's many delightful places to visit! Nice T'Logue of the Tagus River too! I'm sorry that I was so tired each day that I missed all that Nightlife till 5 AM. Hey, the road system is much better than you let on!
martin_nl Oct 21, 2004 at 3:38 PM Report Abuse

Portugal is one of the only countries I haven't visited in Western Europe yet. Need to book a flight there soon, since it's so cheap nowadays to fly there. Your Obidos piccie is very good, it looks like an interesting town!
deecat Sep 3, 2004 at 11:12 AM Report Abuse

Catarina, Yes, your country is wonderful as are the people. Helpful tips that are interesting to read. Good restaurant, transportation, and hotel tips also.
Leipzig Sep 3, 2004 at 2:05 AM Report Abuse

Great overview with excellent photos! Hehe....1.05 € for gasoline? Sounds pretty cheap for me :-D You must pay a fifth more here
ncfg Aug 30, 2004 at 3:44 PM Report Abuse

Very nice page about our lovely country Catarina. Keep adding tips :-) Btw, what i miss more when i am out of Portugal is the food and the coffee as well :-)
csutiluca Jul 26, 2004 at 11:18 AM Report Abuse

I am planning my visit to Portugal and with your nice pages you've helped me a lot. Browsing through virtualtourist I liked so much how often you made efforts to lend a helping hand to different members. Muito obrigada - csutiluca
RedEaredPanda Jun 29, 2004 at 2:22 AM Report Abuse

Nice portugal pages.. enjoyed browsing through them.. Thanx for the tips..
IceBear7 Jun 28, 2004 at 3:36 AM Report Abuse

i liked you "north to south" TL's. would love to visit your country some day - after seeing so many great pictures during the EURO 2004 now :-) go portugal!!
littlesam1 Jun 25, 2004 at 7:35 AM Report Abuse

I've never been to Portugal. The pictures are beautiful.