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Portugal Golf Holidays – The outstanding history of Hotel Palácio Estoril

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Hotel Palácio Estoril. The incredible history of Palácio Estoril hotel

Palácio Estoril has a very rich past

The Hotel Palácio Estoril is a five-star hotel in the centre of Estoril, only 20 minutes from Lisbon‘s city centre, and features stunning gardens and breathtaking views of Estoril and Cascais Bay.

Since its opening in 1930, travellers from all over the globe have stayed at Hotel Palácio. It provides all the comforts of home in an atmosphere of timeless luxury, and its famous hospitality sets it apart.

The Hotel Palácio Estoril of today still has many features from the time it opened in the 1930s. The Hotel’s opulent classic décor has been updated over time without deviating from its original framework of timelessness, luxury, and sophistication, creating an exclusive ambience that is felt by all who enter.

During the Second World War and due to Portugal’s neutrality, some royal families fled to Estoril, known at the time as the “Kings Coast”. British and German spies met in the Hotel Palácio, where numerous members of the European royalty stayed.

In 1969, “On Her Majesty’s Service”, a classic James Bond film, was set at the Hotel.

Palácio Estoril was the second home of the Spanish, Italian, French, Bulgarian, and Romanian royal houses, and their descendants still visit the hotel. In February 2011, the Royal Gallery was created at the hotel, displaying photos of European nobles who have visited the place.

Today, Palácio Estoril continues to be a reference and has received many awards, like the Condé Nast Award 2023 for the best place for meetings and conferences, and the 2023 Merit Award from the Portuguese journal Expresso.

Enjoy your stay and let the hotel’s colourful and illustrious past inspire you.

Near the hotel, you’ll find excellent golf courses, like Oitavos Dunes, Quinta da Marinha and Golf Estoril.

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Madeira with occupancy of 88% in Easter
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Portugal Golf Holidays – Madeira with occupancy of 88% in Easter

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Madeira Island. Madeira expects a busy Easter period

Madeira will have a busy Easter period

According to Eduardo Jesus, Madeira’s Secretary of Tourism and Culture, demand is “very strong” across the region, so the island’s hotels should see an Easter weekend occupancy rate of around 88%.

“It appears that demand maintains a very strong trend for Madeira and that the occupancy numbers are all of this relevance, both in Funchal and outside Funchal”, said Eduardo Jesus.

Eduardo Jesus stated that the region presently has 34,000 beds in conventional hotels and around 23,000 in local accommodations, meaning that the occupancy rate of the tourism sector at Easter should be around 88%.

It was not indicated which are the main tourism emitting markets during the Easter period, but in the region, throughout the year, the German, British, French and national ones stand out.

Tourism seems to be recovering in the Madeiran region. For context, one of the region’s major industries is tourism, which brought in a record 528.8 million euros and saw a record-breaking 9.6 million overnight stays in 2022. This year is off to a promising start as well.

Golf tourism is also growing in Madeira, with the region offering 3 outstanding golf courses ready to give you a challenge, 2 on Madeira Island and 1 in Porto Santo.

Besides the brilliant golf courses and the glamorous hotels, you’ll find amazing gastronomy, stunning natural landscapes, nice weather, and tranquillity. The region has everything you need to provide you with the golf holidays of your dreams.

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Porto Airport. Porto Airport has more connections

Porto Airport will have more flights this summer

Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, known as Porto Airport, is having a record year. It served 12.6 million people in 2022, up from 5.8 million in 2021 (marked by Covid 19). A rise of 116.3% from the previous year, but below the 13.1 million in 2019, before the pandemic. The value for 2022 also corresponds to 96.1% of the passengers transported in 2019.

There are also new routes, expanded capacity, and additional flight connections thanks to the debut of airlines operating from Porto.

The investment of numerous foreign airlines in the airport of the North region of Portugal is crucial to making all of this possible. There was an all-time high in the number of airlines servicing Porto Airport in just the first quarter of 2023.

This summer, the airport will add 14 new routes and connections to 3 new countries, namely Iceland, Latvia, and Israel, as well as six new airlines: airBaltic, Norwegian, Play, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Sun D’Or, and Austrian Airlines. This increases the number of airlines serving this airport to 31.

There will be a reinforcement of connectivity with Stockholm, Shannon, Glasgow, Riga, Reykjavik, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Copenhagen, Berlin, Bristol, Paris (Orly) and Nantes.

In addition, Porto Airport will expand its travel options, which now include long-distance destinations. ANA Aeroportos de Portugal/Vinci Airports adds, in a statement, that “Porto is increasingly becoming an essential gateway for regional and national tourism”.

“ANA continues to work on its commitment to the North region, by attracting more routes and connectivity, essential for the development and sustainability of regional and national tourism and economic activity”, the statement continues.

ANA affirms that the “strong recovery of traffic at Porto airport” was made possible by the investments in infrastructure.

According to an ANA statement, “Porto Airport continues to successfully increase connections to the main tourist destinations, with France, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Germany, the main passenger markets for airports outside Portugal”.

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