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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.
Road Maps
Military Maps
Online Maps
Digital Maps & Software
= website in Portuguese language
= 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.
www.turinta.pt
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:
Beiras & Serra da Estrela Regional Map
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!
www.igeoe.pt
Online Maps
Portuguese online maps
Multimap
Not all villages & smaller Portuguese towns appear, but a good zoom feature
www.multimap.com
Mapquest
Most villages & smaller towns can be found here
www.mapquest.com
Digital Maps & Software
Map Adventure
Pocket PC software developed by IGeoE and Infoportugal for hikers, mountain bikers, 4X4s, etc. Compatible with GPS.
www.mapadventure.com.pt
Turinta
Produce digital versions of their most popular maps.
www.turinta.pt
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