Map of The Norte Region

The Norte region is Portugal at its most attractive: with the notable exception of bustling Oporto, it is rural, green and mountainous, or at least hilly, with historic towns and attractive villages everywhere you go. You may have gathered that current Portuguese administrative divisions do not correspond simply to the old distritos, but Norte roughly includes the districts of Bragança, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto (Oporto).