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Tourist journeys linking cities and destinations. Each route has a map, legs, how many days and the best time to go.
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Portugal travel guide: Your trip to Portugal starts here.
Routes, destinations and cities in Portugal, with things to do, when to go and how to get there.
5 destinations 5 districts 12 cities
Across Cidade Turismo: 7 countries · 51 routes · 151 destinations · 592 cities
In the photo: Ribeira — Porto
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Portugal, city by city
Cidade Turismo is a travel guide built city by city, now also in Portugal. For each place you'll find things to do, attractions with their own page, when to go and how to get there.
The guide has three ways in, so you can start wherever you like: routes, which link towns along one journey; destinations, which are the tourist regions; and the districts, with the main cities in each one.
The texts are written from official tourism sources, such as national and regional tourism offices, national parks and city halls, and new cities and routes keep being added to the guide.
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Destinations
The tourist regions in Portugal, each with its towns: things to do, when to go and how to get there.
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12 cities in 5 districts
Districts and cities
The guide by district: each one with its destinations, cities and routes, and each city with its attractions.
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The destinations in Portugal
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Contornos: Direção-Geral do Território, CAOP 2025, CC BY 4.0. Adaptação do Cidade Turismo.
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Cities to discover today
Six cities from the guide, changing every day.
Vila Real · Vale do Douro
Pinhão
Small village in the municipality of Alijó, at the confluence of the Pinhão River with the Douro, in the heart of the vinho do Porto estates. The train station is decorated with tile panels about the grape harvest. Around it are estates that receive visitors, such as Quinta do Bomfim, and the Miradouro de Casal de Loivos above the river bend.
Faro · Algarve
Albufeira
Seaside town in the center of the Algarve coast, with an old town of white houses descending to Praia dos Pescadores. To the east is Praia da Falésia, with red and golden cliffs; to the west, the marina and, about 16 km away, the Algar de Benagil and Praia da Marinha, linked by the Sete Vales Suspensos trail.
Faro · Algarve
Lagos
Historic city in the western Algarve, with a walled centre, the Praça do Infante, the Mercado de Escravos and the Igreja de Santo António, with gilded woodwork. To the south, the coast has the cliffs and caves of the Ponta da Piedade and beaches among rocks, such as Dona Ana and Camilo; to the east, the Meia Praia. About 33 km away are Sagres and the Cabo de São Vicente.
Porto · Porto
Vila Nova de Gaia
City on the south bank of the Douro, opposite Porto, where Port wine has been aged in cellars for centuries. At the Cais de Gaia are the cellars, the rabelo boats and the WOW, a museum quarter. Above, the Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar and the Jardim do Morro offer the best view of Porto, and the cable car descends to the river. On the coast to the south is the Capela do Senhor da Pedra, perched on a rock on the beach.
Lisboa · Lisboa
Lisboa
Capital of Portugal, Lisboa rises over hills by the Tejo. The Baixa, rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake, links the Rossio to Praça do Comércio. Alfama has the Castelo de São Jorge, the Sé, the Panteão and the Museu do Fado; Chiado and Bairro Alto lie on the other side. In Belém are the Torre, the Jerónimos and the Padrão dos Descobrimentos. The city is rounded out by the Gulbenkian, the Oceanário, the Parque das Nações and the Elétrico 28.
Faro · Algarve
Faro
Capital of the Algarve, Faro sits on the edge of the Ria Formosa. The Cidade Velha, surrounded by walls, is entered through the Arco da Vila and contains the Sé and the Museu Municipal. Outside the walls, the Igreja do Carmo houses the Capela dos Ossos. Boats depart from the quay to the islands of the Ria Formosa, and Praia de Faro is on an island connected by a bridge.
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About Cidade Turismo
What is Cidade Turismo?
A travel guide to Portugal organized into routes, destinations, districts and cities. Each city has things to do, attractions, when to go and how to get there.
What is the difference between a route, a destination and a city?
A route is a journey linking several towns. A destination is a tourist region with its towns. A city is the place itself, with its attractions.
Are the pictures in the guide real?
They are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it. Photos sent by travelers are shown separately, as travelers' photos.
How do I find a place in the guide?
Type the name in the search box: it can be a route, destination, district, city or attraction. Or start from Routes, Destinations or Districts and cities in the menu.
Is the guide available in Spanish and English?
Yes. Destinations already translated are available in Spanish and English at cidadeturismo.com, and the rest are being added.
Is there an app?
Yes, for Android, on Google Play. With it you can save the destinations you want to visit and get the guide's news.