The Regatta of Portugal is back for another edition and will transform the Tagus into a great spectacle aboard the fast and agile trimarans Diam 24, the iconic boats of the "Tour de France à la Voile" competition.
National and international sailors will compete daily from 5:00 p.m., ending at sunset, always accompanied by good music and lots of animation, from the floating stage. Get ready because the party won't stop.
Travelling on the Douro Historical Train is like travelling back in time.
In a route along the Douro River, the steam locomotive and the five historical carriages run the distance between Régua and Tua, on a unique trip to the past through the beautiful landscape, which is classified by UNESCO as World Heritage.
Programme
One-day programme leaving Régua at 15:23 and returning at 18:32 with a stop at Pinhão, and then on to Tua and back. On-board entertainment with regional singers and musicians and a toast with a glass of Porto Ferreira. You can also try the Régua candies, a tradition for those who visit this region of Portugal.
You can just buy the Douro Historical Train journey, or you can choose to buy a Combined Package, which includes a return trip from anywhere in the country on Alfa Pendular, Intercidades, Regional and Oporto urban trains. + info: http://bit.ly/2KccHXf
Dates and times for the 2019 edition: - Saturdays, between June 1 and October 26, 2019; - Thursday (public holiday), August 15, 2019. Outward: Régua 15:23 > Tua 16:34; Return: Tua 17:10 > Régua 18:32.
Prices: - Douro Historical Train (Régua - Tua) Includes: Douro Historical Train for the journey Régua/Tua and back.
Adult €42,50
Children €19 (4 to 12 years old inclusive)
- Packs (Historical train + journeys all over the country – return) : Please check the prices on the CP websitehere.
From May 31 to June 2, visit Porto and take part in one of the biggest contemporary arts festivals, that offers activities for all ages and for the whole family. During a non stop 50-hour period in May/June, Serralves em Festa presents hundreds of artists, in a wide array of activities in the fields of music, opera, dance, performance, theatre, new circus, literature, cinema, video, photography, workshops, guided visits and exhibitions.
Monocle has just released its annual Travel Top 50 Awards, published in their travel magazine "The Escapist". hashtagPortugal and hashtagPortuguesecompanies collect 6 prizes:
Claus Porto has "The Amenities we want more of"
TAP Air Portugal has the "Most handsome crew
São Lourenço do Barrocal is the "Top southwest Europe switch-off"
Belmond Reid's Palace has the "No-nonsense room award"
Ritz Four Seasons Lisboa has one of the "Best buffets"
Madeira is "Europe’s most underrated short-haul weekender"
Lisbon Airport is the "Most conveniently located long-haul hub"
Congratulations, everyone ;) You can check the full list here. Source: Monocle
Portugal has been nominated once again for the Europe event of the world travel awards 2019 with 143 nominations in almost 70 different categories categories.
The WTA are considered the "Oscars" from the tourism industry and Portugal has over the past few years won for multiples times.
After being awarded by the World Travel Awards for five consecutive times with the prize “Europe´s Leading Island Destination” and for three times with the “World´s Leading Island Destination” award, Madeira Islands prepares to host, in 2019, this ceremony, which annually distinguishes the best tourist destinations on a global scale. Madeira Tourist Board will welcome hundreds of industry leaders to the red-carpet event, on 8th June 2019, when Madeira will celebrate one of its major events, The Atlantic Festival, which marks the start of Madeira’s summer season. The WTA ceremony will be held at the famous Belmond Reid’s Palace, a breath-taking island retreat overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. “It is an extraordinary and unprecedented opportunity to promote Madeira, as well as to optimize its tourism potential abroad.”, said the Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture, Mrs. Paula Cabaço. About Madeira: Madeira, otherwise known as ‘the islands of eternal spring’ is just a short flight from most European cities. It is 741 square km in size and has a population of 254K. On the same latitude as Morocco, the Atlantic archipelago has a sub-tropical climate and rich volcanic soil. Madeira has a unique eco-system and is one of the only places in the planet where banana trees grow next to vineyards. In 1999 the archipelago was named A UNESCO World Heritage Site and five areas have been declared nature reserves. The Madeira Nature Reserve covers a substantial 77% of the main island, where development is prohibited. For more information about Madeira visit madeiraallyear.com and http://www.visitmadeira.pt/
About World Travel Awards WTA was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. Today, the WTA brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire. Each year, WTA covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognise and celebrate individual and collective success within each key geographical region. WTA gala ceremonies are widely regarded as the best networking opportunities in the travel industry, attended by government and industry leaders, luminaries and international print and broadcast media. For more information about WTA visit www.worldtravelawards.com.
Source: World Travel Awards, Madeira All Year and VisitMadeira
Portugal will host the summit of the oldest exploration society in the world, the Explorers Club of New York. It's the Global Exploration Summit (GLEx), which will take place from 3rd to 5th July in Lisbon.
Celebrating 500 years of the first Magalhães / Elcano circumnavigation yoyage, this summit will be attended by 400 pioneering researchers and professionals in the field of science, art and technology, who will take part in the signing of the Lisbon Resolution.
The event, which will be organised with the support of Turismo de Portugal and in collaboration with Estrutura de Missão for the celebration of the circumnavigation's 500th anniversary, should have panels open to the public with worldwide references to exploration and science.
The announcement of this summit coming to Portugal was made by Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho, at the annual The Explorers Club gala held in New York last March 16th. This ceremony celebrated the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Man to the Moon, with a tribute to ten living astronauts from NASA's various Apollo missions, to which Portugal offered a bottle of Port wine dating back to 1969.
The Explorers Club was founded in 1904 and has 3,500 members, including names such as Elon Musk (Tesla and Space X), James Cameron (filmmaker) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon).
Among the confirmed speakers are the World Ocean Forum’s director Alexander More, the doctor Bertrand Piccard, the archaeologist Beverly Goodman, the film director Fabien Cousteau and NASA’s chief-scientist James Garvin.
A second Portuguese edition of the event is already planned for 2021.
