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• Luxury Alentejo hotel amongst world’s top 500

  A luxury hotel in Évora, the Hotel Convento do Espinheiro, is the only Portuguese establishment to be included in a ranking of the world’s 500 best hotels compiled by the north-American Travel and Leisure magazine.

  It’s already begun but only for a limited period. Flying from Faro for just one euro, but it’s not for everyone. It’s only for those who use the Internet.

  The Irish airline Tourism in the Alentejo could be on the verge of an unprecedented boom as work on the future Beja airport nears conclusion. It will be the culmination of a €33 million investment to convert a former military base into a international civil airport that
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• Hollywood stars in the Algarve in 2010

  A remake of the Steve McQueen classic Le Mans, starring Brad Pitt, Al Pacino and Penelope Cruz, is due to be filmed in Portugal next year. “The filming will essentially take place in Portimão, but some scenes will also be filmed in Lisbon, Porto and Aveiro,” said Artur Curado,
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• Portugal is world’s most welcoming country

  According to a Human Development Report by the United Nations, Portugal comes out tops when welcoming and integrating legal immigrants. It was the country that received the best classification with regards to rights and services awarded to foreign residents out of 60 countries in the report&rsquo
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• Portugal hoping to attract F1 to Algarve circuit

  Portugal hopes a new 200 million euro (149 million pound) circuit being built in the Algarve tourist region can bring Formula One back to the country.

  Circuit director Paulo Pinheiro told Reuters on Monday that one F1 team had already booked the 4.7 km track in the south of Portugal for a
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• Algarve International race track inaugurated

  THE new ‘Algarve International Motor Park’ (Autodromo Internacional do Algarve) was opened with the Portuguese round of the World Superbike Championship.
  
   The Portimao race track has come in for substantial praise from both Superbike riders and team bosses, following
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• Algarve - Europe's Top Golf Destination

  Play top quality golf all year round at Europe's number one golf destination in the Algarve region, Portugal. The Algarve offers only the best in golf courses with many designed by top notch international architects. Vale de Milho, Pine Cliffs and Royal Golf course are just a few of t
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• Faro airport to expand

  The new project for Faro airport aims to improve the service provided to the 6.7 million passengers expected in 2011 and the 8.5 million expected in 2020, with a response capacity for 30 aircraft per hour. In 2007, Faro International Airport handled 5.4 million passengers. The project belonging
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