The Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel, one of the five charm units from the Heritage Hoteis chain, has just been nominated by Tablet Hotels as the Best Value World’s Hotel. As it for now it leads the TOP 10 as Best Value Hotels category.

This unit also earned the distinction of the Best European Hotel in this international site www.tablethotels.com that evaluates boutique & luxury hotels worldwide. The Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel leads both categories in the last 12 months.

TabletHotels.com was founded in 2000 on the principle that people would prefer the unique and the substantial over the ornate and the ostentatious, if only they had a chance to be exposed to it.

This is one more recognition of the manifest satisfaction to our concept with relation to quality and price that we seek to infuse to all Lisbon Heritage Hotels” says Manuel Duarte Fernandes, the Managing Director of this 100% Portuguese chain.

The Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel is situated in this same noble with it’s name, where can be found 42 rooms distributed by seven floors. This unit from the Heritage Hotels chain also has the Thé Bar, a Fitness Room with a Jet Pool and a Library. The Hotel was totally restored, a project entrusted to the Architect Miguel Câncio Martins, in which the original XVIII century draft was kept along with some elements from the past, all together in a modern and functional decoration.

Besides the most recent Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel, the Hoteis Heritage Lisboa consist in As Janelas Verdes, a XVII century house with a library overlooking the Tagus River, next to Ancient Art Museum; the Hotel Britania, found in a quiet street just of Lisbon’s main avenue, in a 40’s building design by the famous architect Cassiano Branco and recently renovated into its original Art Deco style; The Hotel Lisboa Plaza situated next to Avenida da Liberdade and property of the same family since its construction in 1953; and Solar Do Castelo, situated within the walls of São Jorge Castle, a reconstructed 1765’s Palace.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, confirms that from Thursday 21st May onwards all new passenger bookings made including those travelling passengers travelling with infants are now required to check-in online and bring their printed boarding pass(es) to the airport.

For your convenience we have highlighted below the main changes to our check-in procedure.

Important Information for passengers that have made new bookings made from 21st May 09 onwards:

All passengers must check-in online and bring their printed boarding to the airport for presentation at airport security and at the boarding gate. continue reading »

New EU results published today show a “step change” in airline ticket selling websites across Europe in terms of compliance with consumer protection rules. The findings feature in a final report on an 18 month EU-wide process to crackdown on misleading advertising and unfair practices.

As a result of an EU enforcement investigation started in September 2007 – with 15 EU national authorities and Norway – 115 airline websites out of the 137 websites investigated have been corrected. Following an additional “health check” process involving independent mystery shopping in March 2009 on 67 major airlines, 52 airlines have either been given a “clean bill of health” and undertaken to maintain the same standards or immediately responded to the Commission’s consultation with undertakings to remedy outstanding issues (see lists after the jump). continue reading »

Lisbon was voted the third-best tourist city to visit in the world by The New York Times in 2007; tourism up by 12 per cent in the first quarter of 2008; two new world-class museums (the Berardo Collection of Contemporary Art and the Oriental Museum) opened in the past 18 months; some of the best nightlife anywhere in Europe; fabulous eateries; atmospheric bars; trendy shops; a great live music scene and a bevy of beautiful parks, monuments and palaces… Lisbon boasts all this, plus around 280 sunshine days a year. What more could you ask for?

If modern, cutting-edge architecture is your thing, then there’s nowhere better in Lisbon than the former Expo 98 site, now the Park of Nations. Located in the north-east of the city on the Metro’s Red Line, this landscaped riverside park is a great afternoon out for the kids with Europe’s largest Oceanarium and the science and technology Pavilion to Knowledge.

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A new star appeared in the city of Oporto, thought to satisfy the desires and necessities of everyone who likes to spend their time in what really matters. The new Star Inn low cost hotel and you can spend the night for just 29.99€, with pleasant ambiances and with style.

The Star inn Hotel is the new low cost brand which goes along with the evolution of the new touristic trends. The New Travellers search for an unbeatable relation quality / price and refuse to pay for luxuries they just don’t need. The Hotel Star inn gives an answer to the demands of the New Travellers, presenting itself as a budget brand with unmistakable design and style. The Hotel Star Inn is also a non-smokers hotel. continue reading »

In the last 7 days, the cheapest fare found from London Gatwick to Lisbon was with EasyJet and priced at £95.58. The fares shown here are the lowest prices obtained in actual searches by the Flight customers during the last 7 days, and where available for the selected dates at the time the search was made. As only limited number of seats are offered at the lowest fares, and as availability and fares can change rapidly, these may not be available on every date or flight. continue reading »

easyJet’s summer sale – “more flights for less lolly” – ends at midnight on Tuesday, May 12. The low-cost airline has released up to 100,000 flights from £15.99 one-way including taxes and the routes on offer have “bucket and spade” written all over them.

Flights to Faro, the gateway to that stretch of beach and shimmering sea on the Algarve, are available from Belfast, Bristol, London Gatwick, Luton and Stansted airports.

Travel between May 25 and July 8. Book early, via the website (www.easyjet.com), as the airline warns that prices, while discounted, may rise during this peak summer period.

Ryanair announced that they too will operate a special flight from Liverpool to OPorto, for the Manchester United fans that came and see their team play on the Champions League quarter-final match on April 15.

This Champions League Special flight will depart from Liverpool Airport at 07h on April 15 and return from Porto at 13h45 on April 16.

Bmibaby will put on a special one-off flight from Manchester to Porto so that Manchester United fans can get to see their Champions League quarter-final tie against FC Porto on April 15.

The airline will fly out of Manchester at 8.30am on April 15 and the return flight will leave Porto at 1.15am on April 16.

Tickets are on sale now, with fares starting from £146.99 (including taxes and charges).

Bmibaby’s managing director, Crawford Rix: “Bmibaby is currently the only scheduled low-cost carrier to fly from Manchester to Porto on this date, so the flight is going to be very popular.”

easyJet will start at the next 11th of July a 3 weekly flight from Paris Orly (ORY) to Faro (FAO).

The tickets are starting as low as 31€.
No excuse for the “Parisians” to enjoy the sunny Algarve.