“A simple spark can destroy the foundations of civilization.” Ominous words, but Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils, has built his reputation on unleashing graffiti art and works of creative destruction on the streets of Lisbon. Today, the 30-year-old continues to “interact” with the urban environment, chiseling hauntingly real portraits and using deftly controlled pyrotechnic explosions to […]
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Portugal's Filmmaking Wonder Child Is Pushing the Boundaries of Art
When filmmaker Salomé Lamas calls her creations “hybrid,” she isn’t talking Toyotas. Whether she’s shooting desperate fortune-seekers heading into La Rinconada, the world’s highest-altitude mine, in Eldorado XXI (2016), a documentary that feels at once primitive and postapocalyptic, or hovering between reality and fictionalized memory in No Man’s Land (2013), a profile of a bloodthirsty […]
What to do and where to stay in Lisbon: discover Portugal's capital city in 48 hours
GETTY A view of the city (L) and The Jeronimos Monastery Cruising at 39,000ft while sipping on a complimentary gin and tonic, it was hard not to feel smug about my forthcoming adventure in the Portuguese capital. Having been promised a city of both culinary and cultural delights by almost everyone I’d spoken to, I […]
Portugal's wine capital: Discover Douro Valley
PH Watching the sun set over Porto from The Yeatman hotel My first time on an aeroplane was as a 16 year old on a Monarch Airlines flight to Crete for a family holiday. So I felt it fitting when I joined Monarch’s debut flight to Porto, one of Europe’s most famous wine capitals. And […]
Remarkable Ronaldo: Test your knowledge of Portugal's serial record-breaker (QUIZ)
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Portugal megastar Cristiano Ronaldo is heading to Russia for the FIFA Confederations Cup. To mark the occasion, here’s a quiz to see how much you know about Real Madrid’s record-breaking striker. Read Full Article at RT.com RT – Daily news
Silver coast is pure gold: Discover Portugal's Silver Coast
GETTY Portugal’s unspoilt Silver Coast has beautiful beaches, stunning scenery and enchanting towns Wanted: a short-haul, unspoiled holiday destination, combining guaranteed sunshine, stunning scenery, a majestic coastline, culture and history, and lovely locals who outnumber foreign tourists. It also needs to be as safe as it possibly could be in these troubled times, value for […]