Madeira Islands

The Autonomous Region of Madeira is located in the Atlantic Ocean, southwest of European continent.With an area of 797 km2, includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo and the groups of Desertas and Selvagens.The formation of volcanic islands determines its rugged topography, with very deep valleys and mountains.The main and largest island contains the largest city and capital of the region, with a huge hotel capacity, as a huge diversity of supply for this activity, which is based on the region's economy.The attractions to visit the region are many and mainly related with limpid sea with inviting temperatures, the natural landscape, the gastronomy, the hotel offer the quality and quantity of leisure activities, always available to those who visit this islands. Furthermore the island of Porto Santo, much smaller, offers a beach with 9km in length, whose sands are ones of the finest in the world and is bathed by a sea always calm and warm. For some reason this archipelago is called the pearl of the Atlantic.

The Green Coast

The Green Coast is located in the northwest of Portugal and encompasses both the metropolitan area of Oporto and the Minho, the region of the country that to the north borders with Spain. This is a region characterized by the abundance of water and the successful cross between modernity, culture and nature. Here you can enjoy the landscape as a heritage of humanity, taste the best wines of the world, while travel quietly on the Douro River cruises. A few minutes from Oporto, you will find the region of Minho, characterized by mountain landscapes, small rivers, nature reserves, and served with good accessibilities and beautiful historic villages and cities that are the pride of the habitants of this region that saw Portugal born. These people have unique vibrancy and sincerity, inspired in their celtic heritage, and a truly will to accommodate and receive in the best way who visits them.

The Silver Coast

The Silver Coast region occupies the central Portuguese coast and extends slightly into the interior. Here you can enjoy beaches with extensive sands until beaches of rocky cliffs that in contrast with a limpid sea give rise to small paradises. This region hosts medium-sized cities, which by their ancestry and importance in history of the country, reveals, monasteries, castles, churches and urban architectural assemblies that undoubtedly deserve to be seen by who visit this country.Here you embark in a journey of dreams, which include "the Portuguese Venice", (Aveiro), Coimbra and all its charms, where you can visit the historic center and a garden that show a great beauty along the most striking episode of tragic-romantic Portuguese monarchy and that is still remembered by the whole population, the region of Templars, that includes villages and cities, with amazing castles, full of features, a large pine forest with more than 500 years, natural parks, including caves, a small island and villages, where you will feel stopped in time and where you can enjoy an unique gastronomy and hospitality.

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