Portugal

Portugal's natural advantages of sunshine and diverse geographic features have turned the country into a great destination. It’s an ideal place for water sports and golf, and offers modern tourism facilities, and quaint and wonderful accommodation, such as ‘Solares de Portugal’ (privately owned homes ranging from wonderful farmhouses to manor houses), and luxury and charm hotels located in castles, old monasteries and manor houses known as ‘Pousados’. Its location along the Atlantic coastline is the reason why Portugal quickly became an ocean-bound country and the Portuguese people were exposed to many different civilizations, leading to diverse cooking, music, art and dance.