Category Archives: Travel
Algarve’s new “look” – a short history of architecture (Part 1)
One of the footprints of humans’ passage through time and history is represented by their buildings: solid souvenirs they pass on to future generations, so today we turn to Algarve’s new “look” – a short history of architecture in the region and in Portugal in general may bring us to surprising conclusions. Let’s take a (mental) look!
Algarve turns to cultural tourism
After gaining a great reputation as one of Europe’s best seaside destinations, with its sunny shores by the quiet and endless Atlantic Ocean, Algarve turns to cultural tourism to gain more respectability and prominence in the so-called world of tourist circuits.
Journalists, agents and tour operators become tourists in Lagos
This Thursday, October 16th, journalists, agents and tour operators become tourists in Lagos, as the municipality prepares for this year’s edition of the Redescobrir os Segredos do Algarve project. This initiative of the Regiao de Turismo do Algarve (RTA) is actually coming to its fourth edition.
Portugal is on the lookout for Asian clients to export octopus
Is Europe out of the woods after the economic crisis of the last years? This may sound like a rhetorical question, but the Portuguese are pretty set on boosting all the levels of economy so they can say goodbye to poverty and unrest. After the recent slight increase in the national minimum wage, now Portugal is on the lookout for Asian clients to export octopus.
Breaking news: Summer returns to Algarve!
After a rather disappointing summer, declared one of the coolest in the past two decades of Portuguese weather forecast, we receive Breaking news: Summer returns to Algarve in October, with temperatures of up to 27 degrees Celsius!
Portuguese universities aspire to go international
Portugal is apparently taking great steps towards acquiring a true name as a European player, not only from an economic point of view, through tourism and export, but also through education, as Portuguese universities aspire to go international.
