Forget Russia, this week, Wine With a View’s hometown Lisbon is hosting the Soccer World Cup! You don’t believe us? But it’s true! From the 23rd to the 29th of September, the inaugural Socca6 World Cup will take place in the iconic Praça do Comércio in Lisbon’s city centre. And the fastest Wine bar will be there to toast! With our unbreakable Wine With a View glasses, the fun is guaranteed! Come and taste our delicious Portuguese Wines while cheering for your favorite team! A spectacular purpose-built stadium with a capacity for up to 3000 people will be erected in the city’s Main Square close to all the city’s tourist amenities, providing an idyllic backdrop to the world class...
This year’s International Day of the Museum on Friday (18th of May), created in 1977 by ICOM (International Museum council) to promote museums in today’s society and the European Night of the Museum on Saturday (19th of May) will have about 600 activities (400 on Friday and 200 on Saturday) in all Portugal. There will be free entry for both events in 88 museums, palaces and protected monuments. Click here for more information To celebrate the European night of the museum, initiative created in 2005 by the French Culture and Communication Minister, museums are preparing special events and activities, such as theaters, dances, concerts, guided tours and many more this Saturday, 19th of May. This year’s motto is “hyperconnected museums:...
In this year’s edition of the World Travel Awards, also known as the Oscars of Tourism, Portugal won the best tourism destination of the World! This is the first time ever that an European country has been awarded with this distinction. Portugal outpaced competitors such as Brazil, Greece, USA, Spain, Vietnam and the Maldives. In total, 17 countries were nominated for the award, Portugal making it into the list for having won, in September, Best European Destination. Altogether, our country gathered 6 awards, attributed by a committee consisting of the general public and of over 200 thousand professionals in tourism from over 160 nationalities. Parques de Sintra, the only European NGO nominated won for the 5th time the category of...
The “largest tech conference in the world” is back to Lisbon! Between November 6th-9th, 2017, the largest and most global gathering of CEOs and journalists from all over the planet is taking place in the FIL and Altice Arena in the Portuguese Capital. The incredibly fast-growing event started in 2010 in Dublin, Ireland with the intention of connecting the technology community with all industries. Its first edition counted with 400 attendees and has currently expended to over 60.000 from more than 170 countries and is considered Europe’s largest and most important technology, entrepreneurship and innovation marketplace. This year, 1.400 investors and 2.250 exhibitors are participating in the meeting and the over 20 conferences that are happening simultaneously, focusing on different...
