The Michelin Guide revealed the restaurants distinguished by the excellence of their cuisine and service, at the Michelin Stars ceremony for 2023 that took place yesterday in Toledo. This distinction, a reference in the sector, is also a way of elevating Portuguese gastronomy and recognizing the talent and creativity of the chefs in working traditional recipes with local products, innovating and often surprising in their presentation of dishes. (...)

Instead of the traditional gathering, the 27th edition of the European Gala Ceremony of the World Travel Awards for 2020 was a virtual meeting because of the pandemic and took place last November 2nd. Portugal won 27 European awards, including the award of  "Europe's Leading Destination 2020", for the fourth time in a row. Madeira Islands, for the fifth time in a row, won the award of "Europe's Leading Island Destination 2020" and the Algarve (...)

This seal aims to recognize destinations that comply with health and hygiene protocols in line with the Safe Travel Protocols issued by the WTTC, helping, above all, to instill confidence in consumers, so that they feel they can travel safely as soon as restrictions are raised.  The WTTC also published guidelines for other sectors, including catering, street shopping, aviation, airports, congress, meeting and event centers. In addition to (...)

Considering the widespread concern in the resumption of economic and social activity as soon as the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic allows, Turismo de Portugal created a “Clean&Safe” stamp of approval to distinguish tourist activities which are compliant with hygiene and cleaning requirements for the prevention and control of COVID-19 and other possible infections. As of April 24, tourism enterprises, tourist entertainment companies and (...)

Portugal was voted the World’s Leading Destination for the third consecutive year in 2019’s World Travel Awards, held on 28 November in Oman. This award reinforced the Europe's Leading Destination that the country had already won in June. Turismo de Portugal was considered the World's Leading Tourist Board, also for the third consecutive year. In a total of twelve awards, Portugal also won the World's Best City Break Destination (Lisbon), (...)

Royal Building of Mafra and Sanctuary of Bom Jesus in Braga added to the World Cultural Heritage listAt the last meeting of the World Heritage Committee, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Portuguese list of UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage sites added two more monuments: the Royal Building of Mafra and the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, in Braga. With these two additions, Portugal now has 17 sites considered a Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Royal (...)