Because they're awesome? Nazaré is a little beach town that is where the super-big waves hit in the early part of the year -- you may have seen the picture of the lighthouse at the end of the peninsula with the enormous wave in the background. For the record, that was taken with a ridiculous telephoto lens to compress the distance; I have a photo I took with an iPhone and it looks nothing like that.
When we lived in Portugal we spent a time in a rental room in the middle of an olive farm, and my wife loved it there. It was super-quiet apart from the goats wandering about.
Faro I'm just throwing in as "somewhere along the southern coast" -- it was nice there when we stayed there.
Porto is a wonderful city, very pretty.
If you're asking why Portugal in general:
- The weather is awesome: pleasant, not too hot except in the height of summer, and not too cold
- The people are super-friendly
- The food is good, and one of my favorite memories is running to the Pingo Doce to grab something to make for dinner
- There's history there: you can check out actual castles built to defend against actual invaders, you can see where past kings that ruled over world-spanning empires gathered together everything they found.
- The scenery is beautiful -- lots of beaches, clear skies, natural beauty, etc.
- It's easy to get around -- transit is a thing, trains are a thing, cabs are affordable
- Health care is affordable. We had to fill some prescriptions while we were there, and the person we were staying with said to go to the ER. We were dubious, but we did, and we were in and out in under half an hour, for under $30. And the prescriptions cost less to buy outright than the co-pay was in the U.S. with full insurance.
Not that I know Portugal well but smaller cities have attractions in many countries. In SE Asia the big cities would have zero attractions to me—not that multi-months of living elsewhere interests me at all.
The article is about tax breaks in Portugal, the comment was that Portugal is not only Lisbon. I don't think Asian or African countries or Siberia qualify as Portugal.
If one wants to move to Portugal, then they could consider other cities than Lisbon as an alternative because the real estate market in Lisbon is quite intense.
When we lived in Portugal we spent a time in a rental room in the middle of an olive farm, and my wife loved it there. It was super-quiet apart from the goats wandering about.
Faro I'm just throwing in as "somewhere along the southern coast" -- it was nice there when we stayed there.
Porto is a wonderful city, very pretty.
If you're asking why Portugal in general: