Portugal Top Places to Visit & Travel Guide

Tucked away in the continent’s most southwestern corner, Portugal is a conveniently compact travel destination offering gorgeous historical cities, a charming and low-key vibe, and delicious seafood and wine—not to mention some excellent beaches.

Portugal also happens to be relatively inexpensive. If you’re looking to travel somewhere cheap in Europe that isn’t somewhere in the east, then Portugal is your best bet.

I’ve been living and traveling in Portugal for the past year, and these are some of the key highlights I recommend (so far!).

Portugal highlights map

This is just a little map to help you get your bearings; I have included some of the top places that I recommend going, but there are also many places too small to put on this map!

Long overlooked but recently undergoing a huge revival, the capital of Lisbon is easily its most buzzing place to visit in Portugal.

The standard Lisbon weekend itinerary has you spending a day in the…