Portugal Dream Coast

FADO: World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage – UNESCO

aaddmin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:53:02 +0000

Fado, Lisbon’s mournful song and the Portuguese most traditional music genre, was added Sunday to UNESCO’s list of World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to UNESCO, intangible heritage includes traditions and skills passed on within cultures.

The UNESCO’s committee of experts, meeting on Bali island of Indonesia, unanimously praised Fado as an “example of good practices” that should be followed by other countries.

On its website, UNESCO describes Fado as the”urband popular song of Portugal,” stating

Fado is a performance genre incorporating music and poetry widely practised by various communities in Lisbon. It represents a Portuguese multicultural synthesis of Afro-Brazilian sung dances, local traditional genres of song and dance, musical traditions from rural areas of the country brought by successive waves of internal immigration, and the cosmopolitan urban song patterns of the early nineteenth century. Fado songs are usually performed by a solo singer, male or female, traditionally accompanied by a wire-strung acoustic guitar and the Portuguese guitarra – a pear-shaped lute with twelve wire strings, unique to Portugal, which also has an extensive solo repertoire. The past few decades have witnessed this instrumental accompaniment expanded to two Portuguese guitars, a guitar and a bass guitar. Fado is performed professionally on the concert circuit and in small ‘Fado houses’, and by amateurs in numerous grass-root associations located throughout older neighbourhoods of Lisbon. Informal tuition by older, respected exponents takes place in traditional performance spaces and often over successive generations within the same families. The dissemination of Fado through emigration and the world music circuit has reinforced its image as a symbol of Portuguese identity, leading to a process of cross-cultural exchange involving other musical traditions.

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Great opportunity to buy an excellent apartment in Troia Resort

aaddmin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:03:50 +0000

Located in the most quiet of the resort, the garden is both near hotels, restaurants, supermarket, casino,marine and all the facilities. 2 bedrooms, 1 living / dining room, 2 balconies, hall, bathroom and kitchen fully remodelado.Comdominio cheap and low IMI also serves as a vacation home or residence, surrounded by beaches and nature. Possibility to include existing furniture in the business. Come live in Paradise.

More informations : info@portugaldreamcoast.com

We also invite you to spend some of your vacations and holidays time visiting Arrábida Hills. We invite you to visit Setubal and to visit Portugal. Just take your fligth to Faro airport or Lisbon Airport, reserve accomodations,hotel , choose a restaurant and activities and welcome to Portugal Dream Coast.Travel Portugal and travel Setubal. After that, just buy your residence and enjoy for life.

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Chispalhada by Montijo

aaddmin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:00:05 +0000

Montijo is located in the north of Portugal Dream Coast, surrounded by the green of the rural landscape and by the blue of Tejo River. Montijo has traditions on agriculture and fish from the river.

Preparation:

After washing and scraping the meat, put it in a pot, adding water and salt accordingly, and boil.

Once the meat is cooked, remove from pot and set it aside. Cook the cabbage, carrots and potatoes cut into quarters in the meat broth. At the same time, cook the sausage separately.

You can use the broth to cook noodles.

Serve on a platter with the potatoes, cabbage, carrots and beans in the centre and around the meat.

Ingredients:

7,5 Dl kidney beans soaked
100g of lard / bacon
1,5 Kg dewlap, sparks, tail and pig’s ear
1 spicy sausage
500grs cabbage
200grs carrots
350grs potatoes
Salt and Water

Now, you can cook Chispalhada by Montijo. Have a nice meal!

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Jose Mourinho distinguished with the Portugal Gold Medal of Touristic Merit

aaddmin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:54:58 +0000

Jose Mourinho is among the 15 individuals and institutions that the Government will distinguish this Tuesday with the Gold Medal of Touristic Merit.

The award will be presented at a ceremony in Lisbon chaired by Economy Minister Alvaro Santos Pereira, will also be awarded to the businessman José Carlos Pinto, president of the Portuguese Confederation of Tourism.

The other gold medals for Tourism Merit distinguish two institutions – the Portuguese Golf Federation and the largest space museum in the world, the U.S. Smithsion Institution, who produced the exhibition “Encompassing Globe-Portugal and the World in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.”

Mourinho, born in Setubal, Portugal and is the best footbal coach on the world, coaching now Real Madrid, after Benfica, Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan. During his career and until now he wons 2 champions league in FCPorto and Inter Milan, 2 leagues in Portugal, England and Italy, plus many oficial competitions, breaking a lot of clubs and personal records.

Already on the history of footbal, he is a legend , always proud to help people and his homeland, Setubal on Portugal Dream Coast.

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Hotel do Mar – Beach and Sea View

aaddmin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:14:38 +0000

Hotel do Mar is located in Sesimbra, a town of historic and fishing tradition, in the Natural Park of Arrábida Mountains. Wonderful natural and climate conditions in the region, with golden sand beaches by the hotel stretch along the whole coastline.

More information concerning to Hotel do Mar in Sesimbra, click here.

We invite you to visit Sesimbra and Portugal, on holidays, vacations, business or why not ? living.

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Capuchos Monastery

aaddmin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:21:13 +0000

The elegant lines of the Capuchos Monastery ( Almada ) establish the balance achieved with the magnificent view. Prime location over Atlantic Ocean, from the Capuchos Monastery, you can admire Lisbon, Serra de Sintra, Cascais Bay, Arrabida Hills and Cape Espichel.

The simplicity and the dispossession of the building reflect the principles of the Franciscan friars, built in XVI Century. Over 400 years later, the Capuchos Monastery keeps the peace, invites to meditation and isolation demanded by their original inhabitants.

Nowdays , the building retains its original character combined with the creation of better conditions for a culture of modern space. Surrounded by pleasant gardens, away from the hustle and bustle of big cities and just a few minutes from Lisbon, Almada and Setúbal, is a place to visit for lovers of heritage and nature.

Location of Capuchos Monastery

Sítio dos Capuchos | Rua Lourenço Pires de Távora, nº 41 | 2825 Caparica

Schedules :
From Wednesday to Sundays , from 10am to 2 pm , 3pm to 6 pm

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Birdwatching Weekend

aaddmin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:59:28 +0000

Corroios Tide Mill

Alcochete and Corroios will have a Bird Watching Weekend in October. The Grupo Flamingo – Associação de Defesa do Ambiente organizes this event that will happen at Sapal de Corroios and Sapal de Alcochete.

The guides of the event will be João Morais and Ana Ferreira. If interested, you must do the registration ( mandatory) till 30 September.

Schedules :

Bird Watching at Sapal de Corroios ( Seixal )– 1 October 2011 (Saturday)

2 pm / 5 pm: Trip to Observation of Aquatic Birds
5:30pm /7pm : Observation Point (Near Corroios Tide Mill, with Prof. Lima which recently released the book “Aves do Sapal de Corroios” ).

Birdwatching on Sapal de Alcochete – 2 October 2011 ( Sunday)

3 pm / 6:30pm : Aquatic Birdwatching trip on Sapal de Alcochete.

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Almada Naval Museum

aaddmin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:17:12 +0000

The Naval Museum is located at the old Companhia Portuguesa de Pescas in Olho-de-Boi. Naval Museum has the goal to preserve the memories of the old generations associeted to the progress and development of the naval activity, through exhibitions and promotional activities.

Born in 1991 and ten years after presented exhibitions with the several techniques into wood and iron materials, specially from 1991 to 1994. The main pieces of pure art were given by Companhia Portuguesa de Pescas (founded in 1920).

The framework of the Naval Museum is to preserve and observe the importance of naval construction in the story of several Setubal region generations and the companies that contribute for the development of Almada county.

Location of Naval Museum

Olho de Boi | 2800-205 Almada

Schedules:
Exhibitions : From Monday to Friday´s , from 9:15/12 am and 2am / 5 pm, closed on Saturdays, Sunda´s and Holidays.
Documentation Centre: Centro de Documentação: to Friday´s , from 9:15/12 am and 2am / 5 pm

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Surf Circuit at S. Torpes, Sines

aaddmin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:00:58 +0000

Sines will receive on the September 9, 10 and 11th at São Torpes Beach the the 5th stage of the National Deeply Surf Circuit 2011. Organized by Sines Surf Club in a Partnership with the Municipality of Sines.

The competition will have the best national athletes of Surf Sub-18, Sub-16, Sub-14 and Sub-12 will will compete for a good classification on the 5th stage of the competition.

São Torpes on Municipality of Sines is known by his amazing conditions for water sports, besides surf it is usual to find kite surfers ( check hotspots of kitesurf ) on the beach searching for the amazing waves and wind.

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National Trophy of Digital Underwater Photos

aaddmin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:19:26 +0000

On September 24, Sesimbra will receive the fourth stage of the National Trophy of Underwater Photos – Fotodigisub – 2011 .

This initiative is open to all Photographers, Models and Assistants underwater, with residence in Portugal.

This prestigious competition to be held in Sesimbra is synonymous of the unique conditions and one of the best places to practice sport. Diversity of flora and fauna, the amazing weather conditions during all year.

Sesimbra are you can get till 15 meters of underwater visibility a sign of the clean waters of the coast area of Atlantic Ocean, one of the favorites in Portugal for Scuba Diving.

We invite you to visit Sesimbra and Portugal

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