Flybe eco-grades flights
Sponsored by: PDM TRAVEL pdm@portugalresident.com Budget airline Flybe has launched an eco-labelling scheme to enable holidaymakers to determine how green their flights are. Flybe, which operates from 56 airports in
Queen Victoria sets sail
Sponsored by: PDM TRAVEL pdm@portugalresident.com We love cruises and are always excited when the big cruise companies launch new ships. Next year, 2008, will mark an especially exciting year on
Let the train take the strain
Sponsored by: PDM TRAVEL pdm@portugalresident.com Regular readers will know that we are very enthusiastic about a great scheme from the Portuguese national rail company – CP Comboios de Portugal –
Top travel bargains
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com GOA HAS come out top in a survey of the cheapest long-haul destinations to offer real bargains for eating, drinking and souvenirs, while Bulgaria is
Travel News
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com US airport checks tighten The US is moving ahead with stringent checks on foreign passengers, according to US Secretary of State for Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. Currently, passengers
Pousadas – a distinctly Portuguese experience
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com “When a customer is not known by his/her name, but only by the room number, we will be far from the Pousadas’ personality,” (António Ferro
Romps in Rome
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com Men looking for racy weekends rate Rome as the ripest destination for romantic romps. New research, commissioned by British Airways, shows that one in four
East meets west in Macau
pdm@portugalresident.com NAMED AFTER a Chinese goddess and ruled for centuries by Portugal, Macau boasts an intoxicating mix of cultures. Situated on the South-eastern coast of China in the Guangdong Province,
Travel News – For a new point of view – take the train
Sponsored by pdm travel pdm@portugalresident.com WE OFTEN use this page to tell you about exotic far-flung destinations and amazing long haul trips. This week we thought we would stay a
Heavenly food holidays
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com CELEBRATING ALL that is good about local food and drink, food festivals offer an enticing combination of fabulous holiday locations and scrumptious local products –