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The progress has turned Albufeira into a city with tourism and leisure as its vocation.
The streets in the hold Cerro da Vila (mediaeval area) still preserve the picturesque appeal of whitewashed houses and steeply narrow streets. In Travessa da Igreja Velha, an old moorish arch indicates the place where stood a primitive mosque, later transformed in the town's first church.

Situated close to the sea and traditionally a fishing village, Cascais enjoyed an important period of development in the 14th century, when it was a major stopping off point for boats on their way to Lisbon, turning it into a very busy port at that time.

Coimbra was the setting for the forbidden love of Dom Pedro I (1357-67) and Dona Ines, a lady at court. Ines was executed at the orders of the king Dom Afonso IV, who saw in this romance the danger of Portugal being submitted to the rule of Castile. An inspiration to poets and writers, their story still forms a major part of the city's rich heritage.

With its origins deep in history, it was during the Arabian occupation that this settlement developed and was named. According to legend, during the Christian Reconquest, the Templar knight Gon?alo Hermingues, also known as Bringer-of-Moors, fell in love with F?tima, a Moor captured in the course of an ambush. Reciprocating the love, the young woman converted to Christianity and adopted the name Oureana.

On the right bank of the broad Tagus river estuary, the capital of Portugal graciously reclines over rolling hills. This is a spectacular geographical location and does much to explain the cosmopolitan history of the city. Its exceptional natural light, which has long inspired writers, photographs and filmmakers, the brightly coloured buildings straddling the slopes, the striking ochre of the roofs, the tiling on so many facades and the narrow twisting alleys of the medieval districts bestow Lisbon with the peculiar atmosphere of a city perched somewhere between the European north and the Mediterranean south.

Portugal is no typical European country. Its geographic positioning allows it to experience both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic waters. This may be one of the factors allowing Portugal to experience the seas early in European history when Vasco da Gama discovered the route to India. Aside from the history, Portugal is filled with a lot of different sceneries that can be experienced with infinite activities. Activities ranging from hiking/trekking in the southern region of Algarve for its panoramic view near the ocean and Sagres where it is renowned as being “the end of the world”. Golfing in places near Estoril and strolling along vineyards in Porto. Portugal is a country of immense beauty and diversity and such is a reason why discount hotels in Portugal would not be difficult to find on our website.

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