• Carla Carita (Lisbon) - Carla is a genuine portuguese, national official tour guide. Despite of beeing based in Lisbon area, she will gladly go beyond her area to help you to explore the castles, monasteries, scenic roads, churches, gourmet restaurants, wineries and wine estates, boutique hotels or any other interesting side Portugal has to offer.
• Joao Gomes Filipe (Lisbon) - I've been providing guided tours and thrilling experiences in Portugal to my clients for the past five years. I've specialized in religious tours (Pilgrimages and the Jewish heritage) and active holidays (hiking and biking tours) through mountain trails and nature preserves in Portugal.
My tours are always adjusted to your motivations and I'm always willing to go beyond the beaten track to provide you a memorable experience.
• Paulo Coelho (Lisbon) - I am very happy to unveal the old history of Portugal as well as the unspoilt Landscapes, the Castles, old well preserved villages, the nature, the world-heritage monuments and traditions of the country to our visitors. Your visit to Portugal will be memorable.
Joгo Jara (Lisbon) - João Jara is 46 years old, married, 4 children. João was born in Lisbon and studied biology at the Faculdade de Ciкncias de Lisboa, from where he developed his professional career in the pharmaceutical industry, as senior manager and director of various multinational companies.
Mouriscastours (Lisbon) - Bem Vindo!Welcome to Portugal DISCOVER PORTUGAL An independent kingdom since 1143, Portugal established its continental frontiers in 1297 and is one of the oldest nations in Europe. Situated on the west side of the Iberian Peninsula, its geographic location along the Atlantic coast soon determined its vocation to the sea.
Wines and Gastronomy in Portugal (Lisbon) - Starting in Lisbon and finalizing in Porto, we try to provide a close contact with the different wine regions such as Colares, Setúbal, Alentejo, Bairrada, Douro. You may also experiment an unforgetable cooking lesson in Alentejo region, be accommodated in a former royal hunting lodge and visit the first demarcated wine region of the world - the Douro valley - classified Unesco Heritage.
Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (Oporto) - Mountainbike expedition, departing from Oporto, riding through trails along vineyards, small villages in the rural countryside on the footsteps of the pilgrim's route to Santiago de Compostela in Spanish Galicia. .
Sintra, Cabo da Roca, Cascais and Estoril (Sintra) - Pick up at your hotel and departure to visit the town of Sintra (World Heritage Site) where you will do a walk through the typical historical centre, accompanied by your guide. Visit to Pena National Palace (closes on Mondays), the most beautiful romantic Palace in Portugal, Sintra National Palace (closes on Wednesdays).
Parks and Gardens of Portugal (Lisbon) - Day 1 Lisbon citytour including St Jorge castle to admire the views. Followed by a visit to the tile museum from where we will proceed to the Jardim da Ajuda.
Portugal Sephardic Heritage (Lisbon) - Portugal Sephardic Heritage is still unknown to many. Portugal had a thriving Jewish Sephardic community in the dawn of the 15th century but the imminent expulsion of the Jews from Spain would sadly change that.
CAPITAL CITY OF Portugal: Lisbon LANGUAGE OF Portugal: Portuguese CURRENCY OF Portugal: Euro (EUR) COMMENTS ABOUT Portugal: Portugal, in Southern Europe, shares the Iberian peninsula at the western tip of Europe with Spain Cities : Lisbon (capital), Guimarães, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Porto, Sintra Best Places : Cabo da Roca, Fátima Electricity : 230V/50Hz (European plug) Calling Code : +351
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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986. CLIMATE OF Portugal: maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south RELIGION OF Portugal: Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995) POPULATION OF Portugal: 10,524,145 (July 2004 est.)> ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Portugal: Portugal has become a diversified and increasingly service-based economy since joining the European Community in 1986. Over the past decade, successive governments have privatized many state-controlled firms and liberalized key areas of the economy, including the financial and telecommunications sectors. The country qualified for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and began circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU member economies. Economic growth has been above the EU average for much of the past decade, but fell back in 2001-03. GDP per capita stands at 70% of that of the leading EU economies. A poor educational system, in particular, has been an obstacle to greater productivity and growth. Portugal has been increasingly overshadowed by lower-cost producers in Central Europe and Asia as a target for foreign direct investment. The coalition government faces tough choices in its attempts to boost Portugal's economic competitiveness and to keep the budget deficit within the 3% EU ceiling.
Carla is a genuine portuguese, national official tour guide. Despite of beeing based in Lisbon area, she will gladly go beyond her area to help you to explore the castles, monasteries, scenic roads, churches, gourmet restaurants, wineries and wine estates, boutique hotels or any other interesting side Portugal has to offer.
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