Holidays rentals in Portugal

Although Portugal has become one of the favourite destinations for golfers with its wonderful courses it offers so much more. Only a short flight from the UK you can enjoy a wonderful family location offering superb accommodation in villas apartments & hotels.

Mainland Portugal the Azores and Madeira. Portugal is in the south-western corner of Europe. Its hills and mountains are the western edge of the Iberian Plateau, with its narrow western coastal plain facing the Atlantic Ocean. This maritime location has been one of the factors of its destiny, for the sea dominates much of Portuguese life. The proportion of its coastline to land area is more than twice that of Western Europe. Running 360 miles (580 kilometres) from north to south and varying from 80 to 140 miles (130 to 225 kilometres) in width. Eastern Portugal is a continuation of the Spanish Meseta. The region is rugged, barren, and sparsely populated.

The hills and plateaus run close to the sea north of the Tagus River and in an east-west-trending ridge in the Algarve of the southern part of the country. The highest peak in Portugal, Malhao da Estrela at 6,532 feet (1,991 meters), lies in the Serra da Estrela. Nevertheless the general terrain pattern of western Portugal is basically low hills and plains. Northern Portugal is quite hilly, especially north of the Douro River. Between the Tagus and the Douro, there is a coastal plain. South of the Tagus, which divides the country roughly in half, the land generally lies below 600 feet (180 meters).

The region is best described as a gently rolling landscape. Other rivers that reach the coast are the Mondego and the Sado. The Douro reaches the sea at Oporto, while the Tagus descends to Lisbon--both key urban centres of modern Portugal.