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20 Nov 14
Algarve launches golf4all
The Algarve, the best European golfing destination, marks the tee-off of the 'golf4all' campaign with a new international Golf tournament for golfers with reduced mobility, the EDGA Algarve Open (European Disabled Golfers Association), which will take place at the Pestana Vila Sol, from the 18th to the 23rd of November. The best disabled golfers in Europe will participate in the tournament which will be the main event of the new ‘golf4all’ of (...)
20 Nov 14 | Lisboa Eat & Shop
Lisboa launches a card with discounts | Eat & Shop
Lisboa Eat & Shop is the new card created by the Lisboa Tourist Association (ATL) to promote and publicise the gastronomy of the region while offering discounts in traditional commerce. The personal and non-transferrable card is valid for 72 hours and gives discounts of between 10% and 20% in more than one hundred Lisboa Tourist Association partners, including craft, antique, travel equipment, fashion, footwear, sports and design shops, and (...)
20 Nov 14
1st Wine and Flavours Film Festival
Based on the idea that a good wine always has an interesting story behind it, and a good film too, the Lisbon Hotel and Tourism School is organising the first staging of a film festival devoted to wine growing and Portuguese flavours from 28th to 31st January 2015. It is well known that internationally renowned directors and actors, such as Francis Ford Coppola and Gerard Depardieu, are great lovers, connoisseurs and producers of wine, along (...)
07 Nov 14
Portugal wins five awards from Condé Nast Johansens
The Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence are now in their 33rd year and the 2015 winners for Europe and the Mediterranean have been revealed, including five Portuguese establishments:- Best Newcomer / Melhor Revelação: Casa da Calçada, Amarante, Porto & Northern Portugal- Best Dining Experience / Melhor Experiência em Restauração: The Yeatman Hotel, Porto, Porto & Northern Portugal- Best for Meetings / Melhor para (...)
24 Oct 14
26ª Music Season of São Roque in several monuments of Lisbon
The 26th edition of the Music Season at São Roque reaffirms values that have inspired its program, namely the support to the diffusion of Portuguese music, old and contemporary, along with a redoubled incentive for the discovery of the relevant architectural and artistic heritage of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. In this season, the Monastery of Santos-o-Novo and the Convent of São Pedro de Alcântara are gathered to the privileged (...)
17 Oct 14
McNamara embarks upon a ‘surf trip’ to promote Portugal
“McNamara Surf Trip – The documentary from the Portuguese Coast” is the name of the project introduced today by Turismo de Portugal, on Carcavelos Beach in Cascais. The famous North American surfer, Garrett McNamara, has toured every region in Portugal to produce 7 films advertising his personal choices of the best the country has to offer to international audiences. The fame of Garrett McNamara, who surfed a 30-meter high wave on the Northern (...)