New wine packages started to be offered by Selected Wineries

Selected Wineries Company started recently offering great quality packages that combine the best hotels, wineries, vineyards, and other interesting activities in Portugal to help visitors to take part in unique experiences. 1 day or longer programs are available or if you prefer you can also make your own program. For more information visit their own website at http://selectedwineries.net/

Escorted Contemporary Art Tour in Lisbon

Episode Travel with Art is offering a tailored escorted trip to the new and exciting art galleries of Lisbon with encounters with curators and leading figures in Lisbon’s thriving contemporary art scene. These tailored tours give insight into an artistic world as attractive and original as it is alive and allow participants to meet interesting artists that are living and working in Portugal- and go on visits to landmark museums and collections, aw well as selected galleries, private collections, artist studios and temporary exhibitions. All this is built on the latest developments in the Lisbon arts world and provides a perfect introduction to a city with a unique character, fascinating neighborhoods and the most intimate of art scenes. Episode travel also offers a tour on Contemporary Architecture in Lisbon. For more information about other interesting packages visit www.episode-travel.com

Trendy Axis Viana opened on August 2008 in Viana do Castelo

Located between the Lima River and the St Luzia Mount, and just 5 minutes away from the city centre, the dramatic new Axis Viana Business and Spa Hotel opened in August 22. This hotel features contemporary architecture in a 4-star setting. http://www.hotelaxisviana.com/

Oceanico opens two new great golf courses in the Algarve Region

The two new Oceânico Faldo Course and Oceânico O’Connor Jnr. Course at Amendoeira Golf Resort located in the Algarve Region will be officially opened during the week of the Portugal Masters (16th – 19th October, 2008).








Do get further information on each of these courses please visit the Oceanico Golf website.

Harvest Packages at Herdade da Malhadinha Nova Country House and Spa

The Herdade da Malhadinha Nova Country House & Spa located in the heart of the Alentejo blends the traditional with a modern flare. The country inn includes a panoramic swimming pool and spa surrounded by vineyards, Bvlgari amenities, and a new trendy gourmet restaurant. Other activities include learning to be a shepherd or a miner for a morning or do a picnic in the country side. During August and September this boutique hotel is offering its guest a variety of ways to enjoy Harvest Season in Portugal that include enjoying the “Alentejo Tapas and Malhadinha Wines” with a Harvest and kit, dinner in the winery restaurant – Typical meal with Monte da Peceguina wines, Ice wine: Then, the Harvest starts early in the morning - Jeep Safari tour round the estate, Visit the winery, lunch in the winery restaurant, Wine tasting, Dinner in the winery restaurant: Next day you get to stomp on the grapes, Lunch in the vineyards, Massage and wine therapy, Dinner in the restaurant with tasting menu.

Dates offered:
18 to 21 August 2008 - Includes: 3 nights’ accommodation in a double room with breakfast, all the harvest experiences, Price: €1,200 – experience per double room
August 19 to 23 or September 19 to 23 2008 - Includes: 3 nights’ accommodation in a double room with breakfast Price €1,200 –per double room
August 24 to 26 2008 - Includes: 2 nights’ accommodation in a double room with breakfast, Price: 800 € - per double room
For more information on these promotions visit http://www.malhadinhanova.pt/spa/ing/index_ing.htm

Portugal’s airports serving more travelers with more flights

ravelers are discovering Portugal! Three major airports in the country saw substantial increases in passengers passing through in 2007. The Sa Carneiro Airport in the city of Porto had 17 percent more travelers last year, with 3.4 million landing or taking off there. At Libson¹s Portela Airport, 13.4 million people passed through, an 8.8 percent increase over 2007, and the Faro International had 7.5 percent more passengers last year, with a total of 5.4 million. www.ana-aeroportos.pt