Portugal, in Southern Europe, shares the Iberian Peninsula at the western tip of Europe with Spain. The country offers outstanding landscape diversity, from green mountains in the North, covered with vines and all varieties of trees to rocky mountains, with spectacular slopes and falls in the Centre, to a near-desert landscape in the Alentejo region, and finally to the glamorous beach holidays destination Algarve. The Mediterranean climate, combined with investments in the golfing infrastructure in recent years, has also turned the country into a golfing haven. The capital, Lisbon, is known for its thrilling nightlife, and has become recognized as Europe's gambling centre in the last few years, due to its two huge casinos.