Thursday, 23 October 2014
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Europe Winners 2014 — World Travel Awards
Portugal clinches 16 Awards
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Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Thursday, 31 July 2014
A guide to Portugal’s Alentejo region, home of Europe’s finest beaches | Travel | The Guardian
A guide to Portugal’s Alentejo region, home of Europe’s finest beaches | Travel | The Guardian
Praia da Zambujeira, Portugal. Photograph: Municipio Odemira/Turismo do Alentejo
Herdade da Nespereira windmill house, Alentejo, Portugal. Photograph: PR
Cerca do Sul guest house is painted in the traditional Alentejo colours of white with a blue trim.
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Praia da Zambujeira, Portugal. Photograph: Municipio Odemira/Turismo do Alentejo
Herdade da Nespereira windmill house, Alentejo, Portugal. Photograph: PR
Cerca do Sul guest house is painted in the traditional Alentejo colours of white with a blue trim.
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Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Lello Bookstore: The Most Beautiful Bookstore in the World | BOOK RIOT
Lello Bookstore: The Most Beautiful Bookstore in the World | BOOK RIOT
"Little did I know that when I went looking for the oldest bookstore in the world, I would find, just up the coast of the same country, what could very well be the most beautiful bookstore in the world. The Lello Bookstore was built in 1906 in Porto, Portugal by The Lello Brothers (Antonio and Jose) who formerly owned another bookstore a few streets away. Their new bookstore is one of the most ornate bookstores in the world, mixing Neo-Gothic and Art Dec elements (especially the facade, pictured below). Carved wood ceilings, a stain-glassed roof, an undulating, opulent red staircase, and even a built-in wheel-barrow on rails for moving the store’s 120,000 all make the Lello seem like the bookstore out of some fantasy-world (J.K. Rowling herself lived in Porto for a short while)."
by Jeff
"Little did I know that when I went looking for the oldest bookstore in the world, I would find, just up the coast of the same country, what could very well be the most beautiful bookstore in the world. The Lello Bookstore was built in 1906 in Porto, Portugal by The Lello Brothers (Antonio and Jose) who formerly owned another bookstore a few streets away. Their new bookstore is one of the most ornate bookstores in the world, mixing Neo-Gothic and Art Dec elements (especially the facade, pictured below). Carved wood ceilings, a stain-glassed roof, an undulating, opulent red staircase, and even a built-in wheel-barrow on rails for moving the store’s 120,000 all make the Lello seem like the bookstore out of some fantasy-world (J.K. Rowling herself lived in Porto for a short while)."
by Jeff
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Jeff O'Neal is the editor of Book Riot. He also co-hosts The Book Riot Podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @readingape
All images credit to http://bookriot.com/
Full report in http://bookriot.com/2013/08/26/lello-bookstore-the-most-beautiful-bookstore-in-the-world/
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Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Lisbon farewell
Three queens of the sea (Queen Mary, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II) leaving what is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and being blessed by Lisbon's own statue of Christ (Cristo Rei) .
Saturday, 29 March 2014
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Daily Life In Portugal: A Peak Inside The Peninsula's Magical Beauty
From The Huffington Post :
Daily Life In Portugal: A Peak Inside The Peninsula's Magical Beauty
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Daily Life In Portugal: A Peak Inside The Peninsula's Magical Beauty
- A model holds a dog by a leash as she waits for her turn to enter the catwalk during the recording of a Portuguese soap opera at Lisbon's Restauradores square, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Soap operas have been popular in Portugal since the first one was broadcasted at the Portuguese public television in 1977. (Francisco Seco/AP)
- A woman looks at pictures and paintings placed in frames during a street exhibition at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. (Francisco Seco/AP)
- A woman jogs along the Atlantic seafront on a chilly winter day in the northern beach town of Lavadores, Vila Nova de Gaia, on the outskirts of Porto, Portugal, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. (Paulo Duarte/AP)
- Young boys play with waves breaking at Tagus' Ribeira das Naus or Vessels Riverbank as the sun sets in Lisbon, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (Francisco Seco/AP)
Francisco Seco/AP
Arnaldo Cunha is silhouetted while fishing under the April 25th bridge as a cargo ship sails down the Tagus river shrouded in fog, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Lisbon. (Francisco Seco/AP)- Fishes are placed on a net for drying at the beach on January 5, 2014 in Nazare, Portugal. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
- Pedestrians cross tram tracks on a shopping street in central Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. (Mario Proenca/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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Sunday, 2 March 2014
23,200 visitors in THE ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO 2014
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Revista Wine
ESSENCE OF WINE - ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO OPORTO MAIN WINE FEST WITH 22% OF FOREIGN VISITORS
02/03/2014
The 11th edition of ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO recorded a turnout similar to the previous edition, in the order of 23,200 people, with the difference of 22% being foreign, which means an increase of 5% compared to the 2013 international public. Most of the foreign visitors were from Spain, UK and Northern Europe.
THE ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO: in this 11th edition more than 15,000 bottles were opened over four days, is an organization of the company EV - Essence of Wine, in partnership with the Porto Commercial Association.
Revista Wine
ESSENCE OF WINE - ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO OPORTO MAIN WINE FEST WITH 22% OF FOREIGN VISITORS
02/03/2014
The 11th edition of ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO recorded a turnout similar to the previous edition, in the order of 23,200 people, with the difference of 22% being foreign, which means an increase of 5% compared to the 2013 international public. Most of the foreign visitors were from Spain, UK and Northern Europe.
THE ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO: in this 11th edition more than 15,000 bottles were opened over four days, is an organization of the company EV - Essence of Wine, in partnership with the Porto Commercial Association.
TOP TEN 2014
Every year since 2007, WINE-The Essence of Wine elects the "Top 10 Portuguese Wines". The proof, which has the support of ViniPortugal IS always integratED IN THE the program "Essence of Wine - Port", always in the morning before the official opening, in the monumental Palace of Bolsa Arab Hall. iN A pre-screening conducted by the magazine, dozens of wines WERE EVALUATED in a blind tasting by a prestigious international jury - comprising sommeliers, journalists and opinion leaders from various countries - which results in the award of the top eight Portuguese red wine, white wine and the best of the best Vintage Port.
A Essência do Vinho 2014 - Porto
A ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO 2014
A principal experiência do vinho em Portugal está a ser um enorme sucesso... ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO - PORTO 2014, até domingo no Palácio da Bolsa.
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Boas Notícias - Duas ruas portuguesas entre as mais belas do mundo
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A Rua Augusta está entre as 31 ruas mais bonitas do mundo para a Condé Nast Traveler, que a considera "obrigatória para captar toda a essência" de Lisboa
A Rua Augusta está entre as 31 ruas mais bonitas do mundo para a Condé Nast Traveler, que a considera "obrigatória para captar toda a essência" de Lisboa
A Rua Augusta, em Lisboa, e o Cais da Ribeira, no Porto, estão em destaque num artigo da revista de viagens espanhola Condé Nast Traveler que apresenta ao público "as 31 ruas a percorrer antes de morrer" espalhadas um pouco por todo o globo, colocando estes dois ícones da paisagem portuguesa entre os mais belos a nível internacional.
"De rua em avenida, de passeio em beco, esta é uma seleção dos pavimentos e calçadas mais bonitas que encontrámos em todo o mundo", introduz a publicação, que aconselha os viajantes interessados em conhecer os 31 locais escolhidos a optar "por calçado cómodo", a "ligar o modo urbano e desfrutar" da experiência.
Localizada no coração da capital portuguesa, a Rua Augusta é uma das ruas que merecem elogios por parte da Condé Nast, que afirma que "Lisboa tem o encanto do velho, do novo e da mistura entre ambos numa simbiose inigualável".
"A Rua Augusta é uma das suas avenidas mais conhecidas,", escreve a revista, que a classifica como uma "delícia lisboeta" e a descreve como "uma rua ampla, brilhante, obrigatória para captar toda a essência da cidade", não podendo, claro, perder-se a oportunidade de passar sob o seu "Arco do Triunfo".
Mais a Norte, a Condé Nast Traveler realça, no artigo publicado esta terça-feira, não apenas uma rua, mas uma zona inteira da cidade Invicta: o Cais da Ribeira, "a área mais animada" do Porto, "onde as casas se apinham numa ordem caótica de azulejos e roupa estendida sobre bares, restaurantes e terraços em frente ao Douro".
"Sem dúvida, a melhor panorâmica que podemos obter da cidade é a partir da sua 'artéria' de água doce, o Douro", pode ler-se no artigo, que informa que, ali mesmo, na Ribeira, é possível conseguir informação "sobre as travessias das diversas embarcações" que atravessam o rio e "viver o Porto mais fluvial", quer seja por meio de um 'tour' convencional, quer num jantar romântico noturno a bordo de um dos seus barcos.
Da lista da Condé Nast Traveler fazem ainda parte locais tão díspares como as Ramblas de Barcelona e a Gran Vía de Madrid, ambas em Espanha, o grande canal de Veneza, em Itália, a High Line em Nova Iorque e a Ocean Drive em Miami, nos EUA, ou o "oásis artístico" que é Neal's Yard, em Covent Garden, na capital inglesa, Londres.
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