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stroganov hotel: from russia with love | da rússia para portugal, com amor

Posted on January 3, 2017

Somehow, Winter and its mists become Fiais da Beira. Now I know. Nevertheless, before staying at Stroganov Hotel this small village, not far from Coimbra and near to Oliveira do Hospital (you better use your GPS to get there), was a blank space on the map. In November, out of the blue, I received a warming e-mail from Marina Kartashova, the owner and the mentor of Stroganov Hotel, introducing herself and her project. At first I was a little bit intrigued…

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By joão miguel simões

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on my radar: flying over the mont blanc | a pairar sobre o monte branco | french alps

I’m not going to list all the highlights of 2016 — oops, I’ve already done it with food, haven’t I?  —, but my recent 50 minute scenic flight over the massive glaciers of Mont Blanc was for sure something…

December 29, 2016

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azoris royal garden, são miguel/portugal: meet me halfway | meio caminho andado

A seven-minute drive from the airport and no more than a 10-minute walk from the city centre. When I googled Azoris Royal Garden (ARG), a renovated four star hotel in Ponta Delgada (and part of Azoris Hotels Group, recently…

November 30, 2016

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It’s the 125th bday of reid’s palace: 13 reasons to go there | o reid’s palace faz 125 anos: 13 razões para lá ir

No, Reid’s, you don’t look old — I mean, you do, in a good way — but you are not getting any younger either and that is just okay. Thank God you are not trying, at the age of…

October 13, 2016

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uva do monte-blueberry farm, alentejo/portugal: last call | última chamada

Last July I was invited to spend a couple of days at Uva do Monte-Blueberry Farm and write a piece about it for Portuguese lifestyle magazine Evasões. I enjoyed my stay there so much — even if I was…

October 3, 2016

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sheraton cascais resort: ready for the weekend | pronto para o fim de semana

On the Atlantic coast of Portugal, near Lisbon, Quinta da Marinha is better known as a very exclusive residential estate close to Cascais, but you can actually stay there as a guest thanks to resorts as Sheraton Cascais. The…

September 16, 2016

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six senses douro valley | o sexto sentido do douro

Every season has a charm of its own in Douro Valley but Fall is kinda magic. Listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its unique landscape — the curvalicious river flows through the vertiginous hillsides covered…

October 15, 2015

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bela vista: on the rocks | no topo da rocha

Shame on me. It took me almost four years to come here… but I finally did it. I’m not alone though, since this Relais & Châteaux property hosts mostly people from abroad and is still unknown to a lot…

August 27, 2015