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Why not get a Villa in Portugal, what a smashing idea, the great weather, the traditions, the culture, and the fascinating history. Portugal a land the about the same size of java but with fewer people. Famous for the football clubs porto Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. It became a republic in the early 20th century. Famous for it's beaches such as the algarve area. Villas in Algarve. Some of it's most famous people Vasco da gama and Magellan. Why not hire or buy a villa.

The main tourist areas are, by order of importance, the Greater Lisbon (Lisboa), the Algarve, Portuguese Islands (Ilhas Portuguesas: Madeira and Azores), Greater Porto and Northern Portugal (Porto e Norte) and Alentejo.

Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery.

After the Portuguese Colonial War and the Carnation Revolution coup d'état in 1974, the ruling regime was deposed in Lisbon and the country handed over its last overseas provinces in Africa. Portugal's last overseas territory, Macau, was handed to the P. R. China in 1999.

Mainland Portugal is split by its main river, the Tagus. The northern landscape is mountainous in the interior areas, with plateaus indented by river valleys. The south, between the Tagus and the Algarve (the Alentejo), features mostly rolling plains and a climate somewhat warmer and drier than in the cooler and rainier north.

A country in south western Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Being the wester most country of mainland Europe, Portugal is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are also part of Portugal.

Conservation areas of Portugal include one national park (Parque Nacional), 12 natural parks (Parque Natural), 9 natural reserves (Reserva Natural), 5 natural monuments (Monumento Natural), and 7 protected landscapes (Paisagem Protegida), ranging from the Parque Nacional da Peneda Gerês to the Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela to the Paul de Arzila.

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