However, bringing comfortable walking shoes and a good map are good ideas regardless. Perched on a hill to the east of downtown, Alfama is Lisbon's most famous district and is a vestige of the ...

Though it's the second-largest city in Portugal, Porto is still relatively small. The city covers about 16 square miles of land, with the Douro River running along its southern edge sandwiched ...

Portugal could claim lands east of this line, while Spain could lay claim to lands to the west. The “Cantino Planisphere” reflects the attempts to pack a map with key political, cultural ...