Neither. It shares a coast with the Atlantic Ocean
No, Portugal is not a Mediterranean country. It does, however, have a mediterranean climate, but it is not considered a mediterranean country because the south does not have the Mediterranean Sea as a coast. Once past Gibraltar the Mediterranean Sea becomes the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea.
Portugal's western and southern coasts are bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. Spain is Portugal's only neighbor. Spain extends along Portugal's eastern and northern borders.
Portugal
No, Portugal is not a Mediterranean country. It does, however, have a mediterranean climate, but it is not considered a mediterranean country because the south does not have the Mediterranean Sea as a coast. Once past Gibraltar the Mediterranean Sea becomes the Strait of Gibraltar.
The River Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea. And the Mediterranean Sea joins the Atlantic Ocean, not the Pacific Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea.
Portugal is next to the Atlantic Ocean
Portugal makes frontier with Spain in the North and east and its border by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South. Al thought Portugal does not geographically stands on the Mediterranean Sea (South of Portugal is in the Atlantic Ocean near the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea) its culture and climate is Mediterranean.
The Atlantic Ocean and beginning of the Mediterranean Sea.
No. It's the Mediterranean Sea.
Spain
No, it is in Northern Africa, under the Mediterranean Sea.
No, the Mediterranean Sea.
The Archipelago of Azores is located at the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. For this fact Azores is considered as one of the possible places that best correspond to the legend of Atlantis. Mainland Portugal is bordered by Spain in the North and East side and by the Atlantic Ocean in the West and South. South of Portugal is near the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea but it isn't geographically in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite this fact the Portuguese climate is Mediterranean. Portugal is also considered a Mediterranean country, due to the climate and culture.