Popular Tours in Portugal

Tours to Portugal - it's guaranteed a diverse vacation!

Recently, the popularity of tourism in Portugal has increased significantly. Eclecticism of this country lies in the combination of an untouched nature with a developed European infrastructure. Tourism in Portugal means not only rest on the beach, but also an opportunity to get acquainted with the ancient history of this state, its ancient traditions and customs.

Visit to the capital of Portugal Lisbon

Tours in Portugal often include a visit to the capital of the state. Lisbon is the main tourist Mecca of the country. The founder of the city is Odysseus. The history of Lisbon has more than twenty centuries. The cultural significance of the capital of Portugal, whose architectural heritage combines many styles of different eras, is difficult to overestimate. Among the most interesting examples of architecture are:
• Lisbon Cathedral of the twelfth century (it was reconstructed in the XVIII century);
• palaces in the style of barocco: Belém, Queluz, Mafra;
• churches in the styles barocco and manuelino (the Basilica da Estrela church, the Church of Saint Engrasia, the church of Saint Roch and others);
• Gothic monastery of the Carmelites (fourteenth to fifteenth centuries);
• Ajuda Palace, San Bento (architectural style - classicism);
• San George Castle (the ninth century building).

Local flavor

Among the tourists are popular bull fights, whose difference from the Spanish bullfight is that the bull is not killed, but pacified by the bare hands trained to this skill fighters.

Budget flights from Europe

Rest in the country of great geographical discoveries is popular among Europeans also due to the fact that there are budget air tickets from other European countries. Ordering a ticket not from Russia, but from Germany or Finland, you can save a lot.

Journey to the End of the World

Another powerful magnet for travelers is the so-called "edge of the world", which is located on the Atlantic coast. Cape Roca (also called the Cape of Destiny) is the westernmost land border not only of Portugal itself, but of the whole European continent. Standing on a rock blown by the winds, and staring into the distance on an endless ocean, you can really believe that this is where the land ends - so impressive the tourists find this place. The height of the cliff of Cabo da Roca (this is the name of the place in Portuguese) is one hundred and forty meters. At the top of this cape in 1772 a lighthouse was built. It was on him, returning home from exhausting travel, took the course of the great pioneers. On the rock are carved lines of the poem of the 16th century poet Luis de Camões, translated from Portuguese meaning: "Where the land ends and the ocean begins" ...