Portugal
Portugal distils Atlantic Europe into tiled facades, melancholy fado, custard tarts still warm from the oven and golden cliffs dropping into surfable ocean — all at a pace that insists you slow down.
Best time: March–May and September–October18°C · Mainly clear in Lisbon
CapitalLisbon
Population10.4 million
CurrencyEuro (EUR)
LanguagesPortuguese
TimezoneUTC+0
Portugal distils Atlantic Europe into tiled facades, melancholy fado, custard tarts still warm from the oven and golden cliffs dropping into surfable ocean — all at a pace that insists you slow down.
Fun fact
Portugal and England share the world’s oldest active alliance, signed in 1386 — and bacalhau (salt cod) has, famously, more than 365 Portuguese recipes.
