HAPPY 2015!

Don´t forget to visit Portugal :)

SALT - ILHA DOS PUXADOIROS

The Island of Puxadoiros, is a white and crystal clear place dedicated to the traditional saltworks restoration in Aveiro. It's possible to see the process of hand-harvest by scraping only the top layer of salt before it sinks to the bottom of large salt pans. This is the most amazing process. However, you can also understand the importance of the plants, brids and microorganisms to this environment. Productive activities are complemented with nature tourism, to give a good experience to visitors.   

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GREEN PORTUGAL - NATURAL PARK OF SINTRA-CASCAIS

Palaces and gardens mix with vegetation and mist, offering an almost magical landscape with many viewpoints, including Pena Palace and the Moorish castle, a site that UNESCO has declared a cultural landscape. The two faces of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, near Lisbon, are its wild coastline and an extensive range of hills, and it's hard to believe that there is still such intact nature at this point on the Portuguese map. On a clear day you can see the coast where Capes Raso and Roca mark out the borders of the park. Large stretches of beach such as Guincho, a mecca for windsurfers, and cliffs where the wind and waves impose their own law, creating legends such as Boca do Inferno (the Mouth of Hell) and Ursa beach, are just some of the park's attractions. 

SALT - VIANA DO CASTELO

The Hotel Flôr de Sal in Viana do Castelo, it's a wonderful place where it is possible to sunbathe, near to the sea, like if you were at a mediterranean resort. Also, you can enjoy of the hotel spa, rested on the chaise long, looking to the deep and beautiful atlantic sea. The beauty of north coast it's gorgeous to fall in love.

We recommend you to dinner in the Saleiro restaurant, admiring the amazing panoramic view over the sea.

GREEN PORTUGAL - NATURAL PARK OF SERRA D'AIRE AND CANDEEIROS

This park has more natural wonders with hundreds of limestone caves on the surface and as many underground, formed by the action of underground streams, probably the largest salt water reserves in the country, all littered with stalactites and stalagmites. About twenty-five species of orchids decorate the landscape of the park that is home to all types of reptiles, birds, mammals and invertebrates. It seems like this area has already been a park for millions of years, as proven by the dinosaur footprints (discovered in 1994) that you can see and touch at the edge of the Serra de Aire. 

FALLING IN LOVE, IN LISBON

“Saudade,” the famous Portuguese word that has no translation, could be described as a profound state of longing for something you love. It's the love that lingers after someone is gone. It has become a thread that runs through all aspects of Portuguese society, the foundation of its mentality, a tune that always plays subtly in the background.

The meaning of that Portuguese word explain what visitors feel when they visit our country and leave. The monuments, the gastronomy, the climate, the people and other attractions explain the feeling of "falling in love, in Lisbon".