Destination Lisbon, Portugal

Algarve is the best golf destination in the world for 2020

Summer 2023

It is already time to think about the next summer vacation! Portugal awaits you with open arms from Lisbon to the beautiful beaches of the coast.

The Country

• Surface: 92.212 km²
• Population: 10.341.330 hab. (INE, 2015)
• Counties (States) of Portugal

The Regions

North

Center

Lisbon

Alentejo

Algarve

Main Cities of Portugal

The Historic Regions

These regions were initially called counties. From the 16th century onwards, they were called provinces. In 1832, the north was broken up into Minho and Douro. And Beira was divided into Beira Alta and Beira Baixa.
A new division in districts was made in 1835.

Entre Douro and Minho

Trás-os-Montes

Beiras

Estremadura

Ribatejo

Alentejo

Algarve

A new division into provinces was made in 1933.
In the northern part, the provinces were: Minho, Alto Douro, and Trás-os -Mounts.
The Beira Litoral and the Beira Transmontana were created.
Estremadura was divided into Estremadura and Ribatejo.
Alentejo was divided into Alto Alentejo and Baixo Alentejo.

In 1936, a new division takes place and the provinces of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro will form just one province: Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. Beira Transmontana, on the other hand, ceases to exist. In 1959, the districts returned to being the most important and in 1976 the administrative provinces are extinct, being only, since then, regional references for the Portuguese.

The Rivers

Tagus

Douro

Minho

The Mountains

Serra da Estrela