Portugal

IDENTITY CARD Area code: +351. Time difference: -1 hour. GETTING THERE TAP, the Portuguese national airline, operates 19 flights a week between Paris and Lisbon. Tel: 0820 319 320 - Internet: www.flytap.com AIR FRANCE offers four flights a day between Paris CDG and the Portuguese capital. Tel: 3654 - Internet: www.airfrance.fr TRANSAVIA, the low-cost subsidiary...

"My studio is in the Alcantara district, on the port of Lisbon, between the old town and Belem, where you'll find the Berardo Museum. It's one of the most beautiful museums in Portugal devoted to contemporary art, and I was lucky enough to have an exhibition there in 2010. Nearby, the...

With its seductive potential constantly growing, Lisbon has equipped itself with a host of top-of-the-range establishments. In just ten years, the city has almost doubled its hotel stock. In 2018 alone, some thirty new hotels were opened in the Portuguese capital and its region, not to mention renovations....

Boosted by its new-found prestige, Lisbon has become a favourite tourist destination for the French in just a few years. In 2018, almost one million of the five million visitors to Lisbon came from France. This is a market that has seen annual growth of more than 5 % over the last five years, making the Portuguese capital all the more attractive...

For almost ten years now, Lisbon has been a leading city for the French. Not just for tourism, but also for expatriation. According to a study published at the end of 2018 by the daily Diário de Notícias, French nationals were the most numerous foreigners to settle in Portugal in 2017. It all began six...

Until five years ago, beautiful blue azulejo facades in the heart of Lisbon looked completely abandoned. Even on the Praça da Figueira, near the old Confeitaria Nacional, two narrow tiled buildings showed flapping windows and desolate interiors. Today, you'd be hard pressed to find such ruins in the middle of the city. In...

Friday 28 June saw the finalisation of a new agreement on air services between Portugal and Brazil, an open skies agreement which removes the last remaining restrictions on the transport of passengers and freight. Signed between the civil aviation authorities of the two countries, the memorandum of understanding...

2018 was a very good year for TAP Air Portugal, which can boast a clear increase in performance. The Portuguese airline carried no fewer than 15.8 million passengers, posting double-digit growth (+10.4%) compared with 2017. Africa is one of the carrier's key destinations, with 116 million passengers...

INFORMATION Portuguese National Tourist Office Tel :01 56 88 31 90 - Email : info@visitportugal.com - Internet : visitportugal.com GETTING THERE Tap Air Portugal operates three daily flights from Paris-Orly to Porto. These flights, available in business and economy classes, are operated by Airbus A319-R or A 320, with a flight time of 1...

a very rich heritage Portugal is a real hit with French tourists. How do you explain this craze? We have a number of advantages that keep pace with demand. Although we are indeed experiencing unprecedented popularity, we remain a destination that offers very good value for money. We are very well served, with over...

Reported by Serge Barret. Photos Alain Parinet. The afternoon is drawing to a close, and the torpor that bathes the Upper Douro Valley in north-east Portugal is fading a little. So, without rushing too much, life returns to the large village of Pinhao, slumbering on the right bank of the river. And that includes...

How many aircraft will TAP Portugal be receiving in the next few months? Miguel Frasquilho - We will be receiving our first Airbus A330-neo in September. It's part of an order for 21 aircraft, some of which will replace those in our long-haul fleet. You might ask why we chose the A330-neo rather than the brand-new...

Aigle Azur, France's second-largest airline, has ambitious expansion targets. "We've spent seven months working on our turnaround, putting our organisation and our model to the test," describes Frantz Yvelin, Chairman of the airline. 2018 is the year in which we reinvent ourselves with the aim of being a hybrid carrier, with a 'low fare' strategy but...

Overlooking the Tagus, its red silhouette is almost as famous as that of San Francisco's Golden Gate. Inaugurated in 1966, Lisbon's 25 April Bridge is now celebrating its 50th anniversary with the opening of the Pilar 7 Experience interpretation centre. Housed in one of the pillars, this new tourist attraction offers...

How do you explain the fact that Portugal has become one of the favourite destinations for business tourism? Jean-Pierre Pinheiro: Portugal has had the wind in its sails for some years now, but this has accelerated sharply over the last three years. A number of factors have come together. The ease of access in particular, the result of several years of investment and incentives for airlines...

From its rocky prominence, the village of Monsaraz has been scanning its surroundings since the Middle Ages. Today, it no longer awaits enemies, neither Moorish conquerors nor Spanish knights. The visitors are much more polite, tourists coming to find serene peace in the labyrinth of its fortified streets lined with houses of unchanging white. The same applies to the villages...

Identity card Formalities National identity card or passport. Best season Summer can be scorchingly hot in the Alentejo. Spring is wonderful, as is autumn. Group sizes: all sizes. Getting there Aigle Azur operates the Paris Orly-Lisbon route with one daily flight in a single-class economy Airbus A319. Timetables vary according to...