Welcome to Fado country! Many consider Lisbon the most beautiful city in Europe. It cultivates its morbid charm of decay, and at the same time adorns itself with futuristic architecture. Portugal's little-known north promises bathing fun along the infinite sandy beaches of the Costa Verde. And in the Algarve in the south, Portugal boasts one of Europe's most attractive coastlines. This photographic volume presents magical cities and landscapes where you can still sense the historic soul of this seafaring nation.