Visit Braga

Portugal’s ancient university town, with the baroque Joanina Library, black-caped students and mournful fado.

A Roman temple, a chapel lined with bones and whitewashed lanes inside walls, the capital of the Alentejo.

'Here Portugal was born': the castle of the first king and a UNESCO medieval centre.

Visit Porto, Portugal's second-largest city. Explore the historic Ribeira district (UNESCO World Heritage site with colorful houses along the Douro River), taste Port wine at a cellar in Vila Nova de Gaia (like Sandeman or Graham's), admire the intricate azulejo tiles at São Bento railway station (over 20,000 tiles depicting historical scenes), and cross the iconic Dom Luís I Bridge (designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel).

The Algarve capital, with a walled old town, storks nesting on the cathedral and the Ria Formosa lagoon.

Painted moliceiro boats on the canals, Art Nouveau facades and ovos moles egg sweets.

Madeira's capital: wicker toboggans down from Monte, the flower market and Madeira wine lodges.

The Azores' main town, gateway to crater lakes, hot springs and whale watching in the mid-Atlantic.