Portugal is a small country, but it is divided into seven regions, all of which have their own cultural particularities. Lisbon is very popular; as is the Algarve in the south, by the sea; the North is home to the city of Porto; the Centre is a temperate and pleasant region; the Alentejo, is a very large and diverse region; and then finally you have the Autonomous Region of the Azores and the Autonomous Region of Madeira, which consists of four islands.