When you first visit Madeira you can’t be blamed for falling in love with the dramatic landscape, relaxed environment, beautiful flowers and gourmet cuisine. The towns and city ooze culture and you are never too far away from a festival in the calendar. Madeira over the last few months has also received a significant amount [...]
Figures from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) indicate that visits to property in Portugal may have been part of a region-wide rise in holidaymaker traffic this summer.The eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull - and the resultant ash cloud, which interfered with flights - caused some fall in activity during April.But the UNWTO has [...]
Property in Portugal is perhaps not the ideal place to stay if you're besotted with dashing through the snow on a sleigh, snowboard or skis. However, if you're happy with a few weeks on the slopes each year, the resort of Torre does have something to offer. Meanwhile, there are plenty of other sporting and [...]
A solo trip to property in Portugal could give adventurous travellers an eye-opening experience.Tom Hall, travel editor for Lonely Planet, says there are numerous advantages to travelling alone - including being able to make plans and book tickets without having to worry about anybody else.While abroad, however, he suggests that the 'alone' part of the [...]
Low-cost airline easyJet is expecting to almost double the number of passengers it carries to property in Portugal via its Lisbon base.With ten new destinations due to be added to its Lisbon route map, the total number of customers arriving at the city is predicted to rise from 1.5 million to 2.5 million each year.This [...]
Reaching the airport by public transport could allow people heading to property in Portugal to reduce their carbon footprint.Sean Tipton, spokesman for ABTA - The Travel Association, explains that headline figures given for the carbon cost of flying to a destination tend not to take into account the journey between the airport and the beginning [...]
Customers of TAP Portugal and Continental Airlines may have access to more routes to property in Portugal with the news that the two operators have entered into a code-sharing agreement.Effective from today (Monday, October 11th), the deal means either airline may sell tickets for some CO and TP coded flights from New York to Portugal [...]
People who head back to property in Portugal year after year could find their experience improved over time as a result.Clare Banham, spokesperson for ABTA - The Travel Association, explains that some holidaymakers choose to head to the same destinations over and over again.That could mean returning to property in Portugal each summer, or a [...]
Forward-thinking Britons could choose to head to property in Portugal for a number of short breaks each year, rather than for one extended vacation.Peter Crane, head of product strategy at adventure holiday operator Explore, notes that numerous short breaks seem to be gaining favour with British travellers."It is a trend we've picked up on," he [...]
Buying a plot of land in Portugal is often cheaper and easier than in other countries, in particular in the countryside. A newly-built home can be done to your own specification, plus land is a lot cheaper and more readily available in Portugal than in the UK. New builds are also a good option when [...]