Range of mountains about 120 km (75 miles) southeast of the city of Oporto. It is the highest range in mainland Portugal. Estrela, the main summit, is 1991 m (6532 ft) high, with a skiing centre nearby at Penhas da Saude.
Setubal
City and port about 30 km (20 miles) southeast of the capital, Lisbon. Its industries include cement, chemicals, shipbuilding and food processing. The area around Setubal produces salt, fish, oranges and wine.
Population 76 800
Oporto (Porto)
The country's second largest city after Lisbon, lying about 270 km (170 miles) north of the capital on the steep banks of the Douro river. There are three bridges over the Douro: the metal Maria Pia railway bridge completed in 1877 and designed by the French engineer Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower in Paris; the Dom Luis I bridge built in 1886, with two layers of roads; and the Arrabida road bridge, completed in 1963.
Before the mouth of the river silted up, the city was a busy port and it still exports wine, including port wine, which takes its name from the city.
Oporto is at the heart of an industrial region producing tyres, chemicals, metals, electrical equipment, car parts, textiles, leather goods, silk, shoes and soap.
Among the city's many places of interest are the 12th-century cathedral; the Clerigos tower -a Baroque church with a granite tower 75 m (246 ft) high; the Gothic and Baroque Church of St. Francis; the Soares dos Reis Museum containing pottery, paintings and sculptures; the Ethnographic Museum; and the Palacio da Bolsa - now the stock exchange.
Locals hypothesize that the legacy of Italian blood and culture in Cologne, colonized by the Romans more than 1500 years ago, makes the people more jovial and lighthearted. Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine.
Kolsch is not only the dialect spoken here but, also the name of their own top-fermented beer. There are more than 4,000 pubs, restaurant's and brewery taverns in Cologne.
Unlike many of the world's large cities, Cologne, with a population of over a million, gets better every day, there are more things to do and see, more new and innovative buildings... more
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Cologne is situated on the beautiful Rhine River.