Pure Portugal Information: for tourists & resident foreigners in Central Portugal

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Portugal Maps & Guide Books

It is difficult to obtain good detailed (greater than 1:500.000) up-to-date printed maps of Portugal. You will often find that the village or small town you are looking for does not appear on the map (even if some even smaller hamlets do), and it is not uncommon to have a village shown on a map but not the road by which you get to it!

The Portuguese Geographical Institute (Instituto Geografico Portugues - IGP) produce maps at scales 1:200.000, 1:100.000 and 1:50.000 and these are available through www.turinta.pt.

bullet Road Maps
bullet Military Maps
bullet Online Maps
bullet Digital Maps & Software

site in portuguese = website in Portuguese language
site in english = website in English language


Road Maps

National Road Maps / Atlases:

Road Atlases that show Portugal on its own, rather than as a part of Spain, are rare. The best we have found are published by Turinta.
bullet www.turinta.pt site in portuguese site in english

Central Portugal (Beiras / Serra da Estrela):

The best road map for the Central Portugal region we have found is the 'GPS friendly' 1:250.000 Beiras/Serra da Estela road map published by Turinta:
bullet Beiras & Serra da Estrela Regional Map

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Military Maps

Military maps, produced by the Portuguese Army's Geographic Institute (Instituto Geográfico do Exército - IGeoE), are available at scales 1:50.000 and 1:25.000, are the most detailed maps you will find in Portugal. Similar to UK Ordnance Survey maps, but they come as one large sheet on fairly thick paper, more suitable for hanging on your wall than putting in your pocket when you want to go off exploring!
bullet www.igeoe.pt site in portuguese

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Online Maps

Portuguese online maps

bullet www.mapas.clix.pt site in portuguese

Multimap

Not all villages & smaller Portuguese towns appear, but a good zoom feature
bullet www.multimap.com site in english

Mapquest

Most villages & smaller towns can be found here
bullet www.mapquest.com site in english

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Digital Maps & Software

Map Adventure

Pocket PC software developed by IGeoE and Infoportugal for hikers, mountain bikers, 4X4s, etc. Compatible with GPS.
bullet www.mapadventure.com.pt site in portuguese

Turinta

Produce digital versions of their most popular maps.
bullet www.turinta.pt site in portuguese site in english


           


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