Did you know the country has been a democracy since 1910?

84% of the population is Roman Catholic

The national flower is Lavender, though it’s often mistakenly said to be the Carnation

The architecture of the Algarve is significantly different from the rest of Portugal

The word ‘Praia’ is Portuguese for ‘beach’ – there are 150 in the Algarve!

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