Cascata da Portela do Homem, close to the Spanish border, is one of many waterfalls in Peneda-Gerês National Park in northern Portugal. Photograph by Gina Spinelli Portugal’s lesser-visited ...

Northern Portugal is famous for its fortified wine ... Vila Nova De Gaia’s transformation—and arguably Porto’s mark on the map—was recognized by the opening of The Yeatman Hotel in 2011.

It is named for Alberto Cantino, who was working in Portugal as an ... a powerful city-state in northern Italy. Historical accounts differ as to how Cantino acquired the map.