August 26, 2009

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If you will be in Portugal on days 12 and 13 September, you can see in the waters of the Douro river, between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, for the third consecutive year, one round of Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Mobilizing last year about one million spectators, the Portuguese round [...]

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August 24, 2009

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Madeira won the fourth place in the election of the Top 5 Islands in Europe, contemplated in the World’s Best Awards’ 09 of the U.S. magazine Travel & Leisure. Reaching the 4th place, Madeira was surpassed by the Aeolian islands, Italy (1st place), Dalmatian, Croatia (2nd place) and Santorini, Greece (3rd place). Completing the top 5 [...]

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August 21, 2009

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Google has provided this week photos of Lisbon and Oporto in Street View, a tool that is part of the popular mapping service, which already allows the user to see in detail the streets of dozens of cities in various parts of the world. Now you may also see what a specific address you’re searching [...]

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August 17, 2009

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If your holidays includes children or teenagers, the Lonely Planet has just launched the revised and improved 5th edition of the guide ” Travel with Children: Your Complete Resource“. Among the recommended beaches in a kind of Top-10, is the beach of Tavira, in Algarve: “At the eastern end of the Portuguese south coast, this quiet town [...]

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August 11, 2009

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As in many places in Portugal, exist two types of bullfighting in Terceira island: in arena and in the streets. On the Terceira island, the bullfights in the street is different from the rest of the country, the bull runs through the streets without sand with a rope 80  meters long attached to his neck. [...]

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