Dark Sky® Alqueva has won second place in the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO) Ulysses Award for Innovation in Non-Governmental Organisations. The Ulysses Awards are a range of prizes awarded annually by UNTWO, which has its headquarters in the Spanish capital, Madrid. It is essentially teamwork, with contributions from a number of experts from several municipal authorities, especially Reguengos de Monsaraz, and from members of (...)

In the 2013 World Travel Awards Grand Final, Portugal won 5 World Travel Awards.  Portugal - World's Leading Golf Destinationwww. worldtravelawards. comThe Vine Hotel, Madeira – World's Leading Design Hotelwww. hotelthevine. comParques de Sintra - Monte da Lua – World's Leading Conservation Companywww. parquesdesintra. ptConrad Algarve - World's Leading Luxury Leisure Resort & Spawww. conradhotels3. hilton. com/AlgarveVila Joya , Algarve – (...)

Turismo de Portugal and the European Golf Tour have developed a virtual golf club with free access: www. portugalgolfmembership. com. Aimed at all international golfers, it allows them to take advantage of exclusive conditions at Portuguese golf courses, with special discounts in hotels and golf courses. Portugal has therefore become the the first country to set itself up as a golf club, taking into account its main tourist assets and golfers' (...)

The Lisbon Tourist Board's (Turismo de Lisboa) official tourism promotion site, www. visitlisboa. com, is now available in Russian. With more than 1 million visits between January and September 2013, the new Lisbon and region tool promoting it as a tourist destination is now available in seven languages: Portuguese, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian.

The Porto Tourism Association (ATP), the organisation responsible for promoting Porto and the North of Portugal abroad as a destination, has launched its new website, available at www. visitportoandthenorth. travel. The new platform, with the latest innovative digital communication technology, aims to promote Porto and the North as a destination in various international markets. More interactive and user-friendly, the new website provides (...)

Lisbon's National Museum of Ancient Art is to exhibit around 60 Spanish works from the Prado Museum from November 29th. The exhibition “Painting from the North in the Prado Museum” features works by Rubens, Breughel and Lorrain and is thanks to an agreement between the two institutions. It will be the first time that such a large number of Prado Museum works will be put on show in Portugal. The agreement forms part of a series of initiatives (...)