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• Soak up the sun or take a dip in the warm Mediterranean Sea from one of the myriad sandy beaches of the Algarve (website: www.visitalgarve.pt).
• Don a snorkel mask, hoist a sail or have a go at windsurfing or waterskiing from watersports centres dotted along the coast. Dive beneath the surface and uncover Portugal's marine life. Contact the Portuguese Federation for Underwater Activities for more information (website: www.fpas.pt).
• Head for deep waters and cast a line out at sea for a chance of catching big-game fish like blue marlin. Big-game fishing is especially popular along the Algarve coast.
• Fall under the spell of the melancholy Fado music, Portugal's best-known traditional musical form, at the atmospheric bars and clubs of Lisbon's Alfama or Bairro Alto (Upper Town) neighbourhoods.
• Visit the port houses of Porto or Gaia for the country's best port wine tasting. The vine district of Alto Douro is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on account of centuries of viticulture that have produced a cultural landscape of outstanding beauty.
• Absorb the spirituality of the shrine at Fátima, which has been an important centre of Roman Catholic pilgrimage since 1917 when the Virgin Mary appeared to a group of children. Experience the torchlight processions of 13 May and 13 October.
• Cruise along the canals of the wetlands around Rio de Aveiro aboard a traditional Portuguese moliceiros (gondola-like sailing barge), or go boating in the Douro Valley.
• Hike, climb or canoe in the Peneda-Gerês, Portugal's only national park, comprising 70,000 hectares (170,000 acres) of mountainous countryside near the Spanish border, to really appreciate the extraordinary diversity of its climate, environment and scenery (website: www.geira.pt/pnpg/index.html).
• Play a round of golf on the championship golf courses in the south of the country (there are 19 in the Algarve alone), or tee off at one of the country's oldest golf clubs, Quinta de Marinha in Estoril.
• Attend a car or motorcycle race at the world famous Estoril racetrack, which is located a short distance from Lisbon, on Portugal's Atlantic coast (website: www.circuito-estoril.pt).
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Don a snorkel mask, hoist a sail or have a go at windsurfing or waterskiing from watersports centres dotted along the coast. Dive beneath the surface and uncover Portugal's marine life. Contact the Portuguese Federation for Underwater Activities for more information (website: www.fpas.pt).
• Head for deep waters and cast a line out at sea for a chance of catching big-game fish like blue marlin. Big-game fishing is especially popular along the Algarve coast.
• Fall under the spell of the melancholy Fado music, Portugal's best-known traditional musical form, at the atmospheric bars and clubs of Lisbon's Alfama or Bairro Alto (Upper Town) neighbourhoods.
• Visit the port houses of Porto or Gaia for the country's best port wine tasting. The vine district of Alto Douro is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on account of centuries of viticulture that have produced a cultural landscape of outstanding beauty.
• Absorb the spirituality of the shrine at Fátima, which has been an important centre of Roman Catholic pilgrimage since 1917 when the Virgin Mary appeared to a group of children. Experience the torchlight processions of 13 May and 13 October.
• Cruise along the canals of the wetlands around Rio de Aveiro aboard a traditional Portuguese moliceiros (gondola-like sailing barge), or go boating in the Douro Valley.
• Hike, climb or canoe in the Peneda-Gerês, Portugal's only national park, comprising 70,000 hectares (170,000 acres) of mountainous countryside near the Spanish border, to really appreciate the extraordinary diversity of its climate, environment and scenery (website: www.geira.pt/pnpg/index.html).
• Play a round of golf on the championship golf courses in the south of the country (there are 19 in the Algarve alone), or tee off at one of the country's oldest golf clubs, Quinta de Marinha in Estoril.
• Attend a car or motorcycle race at the world famous Estoril racetrack, which is located a short distance from Lisbon, on Portugal's Atlantic coast (website: www.circuito-estoril.pt).
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.