Several separate tribes that lived in the Iberian Peninsula area are considered to be the Iberians. The Basques are the only pre-Celtic people in the Iberian Peninsula who are still considered their own ethnic group. In the ninth century BC, Celtic tribes inhabited the peninsula and became known as the Celt-Iberians.
The seafaring Carthaginians, Phoenicians and Greeks settled the Mediterranean coast and created trading cities throughout the Iberian coasts.
Mission in the Sun: Andalucia, Spain
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Notes regarding our quest to find the best artisanal cheeses in Southern Spain.
Rolling Alentejo
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: "...Weather which tops out at over a hundred and ten degrees in the summer season help to keep this third of Portugal thinly populated."
Azeitao Cheese of the Lisbon Coast Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Setubal is a mazelike city, even more gnarled and twisty than Evora. It hugs the coast of the Setubal Peninsula, facing south.
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