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Axis group opens first low cost hotel in January 2011 in Braga

Thursday, 02 December 2010 00:00

The Basic Hotel is the first low cost hotel from the Axis Hotels & Golf group, and will be opened in January of 2011. The hotel will be in Braga, about 5 minutes from the town center, and offers 145 rooms starting at 15 Euros per room. All the rooms in the hotel have a private bathroom, a telephone, air conditioning, and a television, and will also be equipped for internet access. The city of Braga has a great cultural patrimony to offer and the promotion of it through projects such as this is allowing Braga to evolve. Filipe Silva, administrator of the Axis Hotels & Golf group, says that the opening of the Basic Hotel will bring more tourists not only to Braga, but to the whole Minho region.

Live Music is growing in Lisbon

Sunday, 28 November 2010 00:00

Lisbon’s live music venues are on the rise, but not enough to meet the growing demand for new artists. The idea is the night for drinking is being changed. There is a very strong cultural offer, now there are new spaces in the Lisbon nightlife with live music, exhibitions, performances," said the developer of the concert hall MusicBox, Alex Cortez.

Cheese Museum in Azeitão - Taste of Arrábida

Thursday, 25 November 2010 00:00

The rich vegetation of Arrábida, where sheep graze freely. Here is the first step in the making of Azeitão cheese- classified as Protected Designation of Origin. The factory, which for years made the cheese Alfredo Azeitão cheese is now a museum, but with life. On Thursday the Cheese dairy products are still manufactured, but for the curious who want to know the business. The manufacturing process is recreated in Quinta Velha whenever requested, receiving schools, groups of friends interested in learning this activity. To make cheese of Azeitão all that is required are three ingredients: sheep's milk, salt and milk thistle, a plant that has some heads from which a purple flower. The first step is to make the soaking of the thistle, a process that takes ten to twelve hours. The thistle is used to curdle milk. Remove the water from soaking thistle and a mortar to make a paste. In the 'mouth' of a clay pot is placed a white cloth. Inside the salt and cloth is passed through the cloth warm milk, taking the salt. Mix a little water removed from the maceration of the thistle and passes through a cloth. The liquid will therefore into the milk. The farm hopes to return to the Old Cheese dairy production and marketing of cheese Azeitão within three years.

Holidays in Lisbon: Monumental concerts

Wednesday, 24 November 2010 15:30

Lisbon will kick off the holiday season with series of concerts from the celebrated December 5-19 in some monumental settings. celebrate the coming of winter - the cyclical nature of return - with light. The schedule of concerts for the holidays 2010 is below. Bach, Handel, Telemann and Tchaikovsky are among the composers whose music will resonate throughout the city, played by groups like the Symphonic Choir Lisboa Cantata, the Pilgrimage Ensemble School of Music Conservatory and also the Opera Company of the Castle, among others Performances are offered afternoons and evenings and everyone can celebrate this special time in an environment of  the spirituality of music.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 | 4 p.m. | IGREJA DE SÃO NICOLAU LISBON CANTATA Symphony Choir Two Perspectives on the Child Jesus

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 | 9.30 p.m. | IGREJA DA MADALENA PILGRIMAGE ENSEMBLE MUSIC SCHOOL OF NATIONAL CONSERVATORY Cantos Lusofonia Christmas in Portugal and the Americas

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 | 16.00 | GREJA DA MEMÓRIA (AJUDA) CEMM CORAL GROUP STUDIES CENTER OF MUSICAL MAIA By Single

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 | 4 p.m. | IGREJA DA GRAÇA CHORUS & REGINA COELI Philharmonic Orchestra of Beiras Christmas Concert

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 | 9.30 p.m. | BASÍLICA DA ESTRELA Youth Symphony Orchestra Symphonic Choir Concert

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18 | 4 p.m.  | IGREJA DE SANTO AGOSTINHO (MARVILA) OPERA COMPANY OF THE CASTLE Baroque Christmas

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19TH | 4 p.m.  | IGREJA DE SÃO DOMINGOS PORTUGUESE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA European Christmas