A TRIP TO PORTUGAL
A vast coastline with beaches fringed cliffs, inland sunburned. Add to that an important cultural and historical heritage associated with a famous food, and you're in the land of port wine and fado, Portugal.
Furthermore, fado, represented by the famous Amalia Rodrigues, the country can boast of having rocked some famous people like Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in 1498, or Camões, epic poet of the sixteenth century who one honors June 10 of each year (holiday). Similarly, Fernando Pessoa, author of multiple signatures from the early twentieth century, is considered the greatest Portuguese writer since the Renaissance.
Quieter than its neighbor Spain, Portugal wants anyway alive and looking to the future. But this dynamism has some paradoxes. It contrasts indeed with great religious fervor and traditionalism reigning supreme in this part of the Iberian Peninsula. Anyway, the country of Discovery - maritime explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries - displays a wide variety of landscapes and a phenomenal cultural richness.
For if the majority of tourists are attracted to the resorts of the Algarve, on the south coast of the country, other parts of the country as much, if not more attractive, from a point of view heritage.
Porto, home of the eponymous wine at Evor, Moorish, to Sintra, a city of palaces and gardens, or by Coimbra, the student, Portugal holds priceless treasures, sometimes wrongly neglected by tourists.
Similarly, what would without Lisbon Portugal? The country's capital, although modernized and cosmopolitan, has preserved its authenticity. And she also seems to have become aware of the richness of its architectural treasures as evidenced by the ongoing restoration. In addition, the city has maintained its cutting neighborhood by neighborhood, giving it the appearance of a village.
And we must not forget, Portugal includes the Azores and Madeira. Although located more than a thousand kilometers from the mainland and independent administrative point of view, these two archipelagos, are indeed part of the country. Their volcanic landscapes and lush vegetation offer a different face Portugal. But, again, the Lusitanian culture remains firmly rooted in morals.
Notable films that were shot in Portugal include "Mysteries of Lisbon" filmmaker Raoul Ruiz.
