Natural features
Benagil Cave, Algarve
Lagoa, Faro
A huge sea cave on the Algarve coast with a round hole in its roof that lets a shaft of sunlight onto a hidden beach.
Natural features in Portugal
Natural features
Douro Valley
Alijó, Vila Real
The oldest demarcated wine region in the world, where port wine comes from, with vineyards terraced into the steep slopes of the Douro River valley, …
Natural features
Ponta da Piedade, Lagos
Lagos, Faro
A headland of golden limestone cliffs, sea stacks, arches and grottoes near Lagos in the western Algarve, with a lighthouse on top.
Natural features
Praia do Norte big waves, Nazaré
Nazaré, Leiria
Nazaré's North Beach is famous for the biggest surfable waves in the world, created by an undersea canyon that funnels the Atlantic swell.
Natural features
Sete Cidades, São Miguel, Azores
Ponta Delgada, Açores
Twin lakes, one green and one blue, filling a huge volcanic crater on the island of São Miguel in the Azores.