The pleasant city of Porto, just a three-hour train ride from Lisbon, is famous for its wine and blue-tiled facades - azulejos. A walk around this port place will certainly not leave you indifferent. Narrow streets full of shops, pastry shops and cafes, which invite you to discover the next corner.
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A lot of water has flown past Ribeira's Porto "Lenta" before the city became the European Capital of Culture in 2001. In the meantime, the locals built ships, ate tripe, made wine and built and built. Vertically and horizontally. In many ways, Porto resembles Maribor.
Although we talk about Portugal and its capital lately mainly when we mention the economic crisis, Lisbon is the westernmost capital city on the European continent. Despite the financial problems, the charming city is worth visiting, because Lisbon is one of the three oldest capitals of Europe, along with Athens and Rome, it was...
If instant food is cooked in a hurry elsewhere, the Portuguese "quick meal" consists of tinned tuna or sardines, a boiled egg and boiled potatoes or black beans, what must it smell like in more time-consuming dishes such as cod in a thousand ways or one of traditional desserts.
Why rush to megalomaniacal capitals on vacation when you can explore lovely towns and experience the picturesqueness they offer in peace? This year, let's go to the oldest Danish town of Ribe, which received the title of the most beautiful small European destination, and we invite friends from abroad on a trip to Bled, which, according to the respondents, landed in sixth place. In any case, the decision for a summer road trip will not be difficult.
The Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Roman Colosseum are certainly stunning locations, but there's something special about being able to visit a destination that few visit. We present 37 destinations that are more than worth visiting.
The Boom festival in Portugal takes place every two years and is one of the biggest psy trance festivals in Europe.
Anyone who has at least a little love for ice cream and has already wandered around Portugal knows Santini ice cream. Some say it's the best ice cream in the world, that it's a frozen gift from the gods.
A few days after it was reported that Germany was producing so much electricity that prices began to slide below zero, Portugal set a new benchmark for renewable energy. She managed to power the entire country for four days in a row exclusively with electricity obtained from renewable energy sources. The CEO of SolarPower Europe told The Guardian that today it is seen as a remarkable achievement, but the trend is moving so fast towards the use of renewable energy that it is only a matter of a couple of years when Europe will be entirely powered by it alone , an environmentally friendly resource.
Football virtuoso Cristiano Rolando recently opened his Pestana CR7 hotel, named after his initials and the number he wears on his jersey. At the age of 31, the Portuguese also became a hotelier, and the local airport in his hometown of Funchal was named after him, who is considered one of the best soccer players in the world and who recently became the European soccer champion with Portugal.
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo chose Slovenian furniture for his hotel Pestana CR7! The remarkable presentation of the Slovenian furniture company Lina Design at the world exhibition Expo Milano 2015 has clearly borne fruit, as the company will soon furnish the recently opened hotel of the first star of Real Madrid, located in his hometown of Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira, with its Moon furniture.
Cool and chic. This is how you could describe Epic Sana Algavre, a five-star resort in Portugal. In Albufeira, next to Falesia Beach, where the green of the pine trees meets the blue of the Atlantic Ocean, we find a real oasis of peace. The resort complex is home to the unique Sayanna Wellness SPA center, which received the award for the best luxury SPA in the world in 2016. Here, we are taken to a world of well-being, surrounded by fragrances, flowers, candles and soft stones, where we can restore our sense of inner peace and get rid of stress and tension. A must visit SPA!