Program transforms ruins into hotels and investments LISBON, PORTUGAL – The Portuguese Government’s successful Revive program, launched in 2016, added 15 new monuments and historic sites to the list of properties available for private investment targeting their conversion into hotel and other investment opportunities. The new list includes forts, palace,... Read more →

This is the tale of Civil War. A bloody conflict of brother against brother, one that was brewing for years, and was fought over basic human rights and freedoms. This is the tale of Portugal’s Civil War – and its legacy that persists today. From 1828 to 1834 two brothers faced off in war to decide the future of their shared nation. Read more →

In summer 2015, TAP operated 16 flights across the Atlantic, from its two U.S. gateways, Newark Liberty and Miami International.   By summer 2020, the 71 flights represent an increase of 344percent, from its now eight gateways, in just five years. Read more →

The Madeira Promotion Association has launched its first online campaign to promote the Madeira Archipelago to the US market. Read more →

When you imagine a trip to Portugal, and explore on-line guides and articles - many wonderful places come to mind: Lisbon and Porto, the Alentejo and Algarve; The Centro and the Douro; and Madeira and the Azores. But there is something to consider as well: Ribatejo. Read more →

Fado is the song of those without luck, cursed by fate, and lost in a fog of the past. It is the song separation, of homesickness and longing. In Portugal, the Fado is sung not only in Lisbon but also from the Alentejo to Coimbra to Porto. And, wherever one finds a community of Portuguese, they will find the Fado, too. That is why the Fado can be a song of places – and in that spirit we have picked our five most haunting Fado’s of places and nostalgia. We call it Fado to Travel By…. These are Fados of longing for a place – full of the sadness of one who misses home. Read more →