Lisboa Region

Lisbon creates Film Commission

Saturday, 08 December 2012 00:00

The Lisbon Municipal Council (CML) last week announced the creation of the Lisbon Film Commission, an entity to cut red tape in the permitting of filming in the Portuguese capital with collaboration from the Lisbon Tourism Association (ATL).

It will promote the city of Lisbon at the national and international levels as a preferred destination for filming and photo shoots, acting in making the city attractive and competitive for holding film production activities, audiovisual, new media and advertising.

Besides promoting the city as a destination for filming, the Lisbon Film Commission will also contribute to the tourism brand of the Portuguese capital. The Lisbon Film Commission will then ensure the procedures for filming in Lisbon, which will run through an electronic form, and also created the Counter Initiative Lisbon with a specialized support office.

National sport Museum opens in Lisbon

Friday, 09 November 2012 00:00

The Palácio Foz in the heart of Lisbon since July 2012 is home to Portugal’s new Museum of Sport – dedicated to sports heritage through preservation, documentation and communication. Work began in September 2011, and was completed in July 2012. It houses a collection of approximately 60,000 items taken from monographs, periodicals, videos, DVDs, audio and other media. The library includes some pieces of historical significance, such as "De Arte Gymnastica" Hieronymi of Mercurialis, 1577 - considered the first book published in the world of sport. The National Sports Museum and its Library represent a new direction in sport policy in Portugal

Rio do Prado Sustainable Tourism inn opens near Obidos

Thursday, 08 November 2012 00:00

Rio do Prado is a new sustainable tourism inn that began operations in July this year and is on the beautiful Obidos Lagoon. Rio do Prado invites its guests to take a peek at a new way of living by being environmentally sustainable, as well as, the unique architecture, the biological farming and much more. Here leisure and relaxation goes back to back with new learning experience and where living amongst the surrounding nature does not imply giving up comfort.

Oeiras Invests 550 Million Euros in Riverfront

Wednesday, 07 November 2012 00:00

The riverfront Oeiras will have two new marinas; two housing developments and hotels. When completed, the third phase of the Promenade, a total public and private investment, will amount to 550 million euros.

A new marina on the right bank of the mouth of the Rio Jamor, in the area of Cruz-Quebrada, will be built and will cost 250 million euros, 49 million of which is related to public investment. The remainder is coming from a private investment group led by SIL. This project also includes the construction of 325 residential dwellings, a hotel, commercial establishments and services, a new railway station and a viaduct.

Another marina, funded entirely by the City of Oeiras, should start being built in 2014 in Paço de Arcos and will have capacity for 400 boats. By the end of 2013, the city also plans to start with the third phase of the Promenade, an investment of four million euros, with a length of 2,000 meters between the Fort St. Bruno and Cruz Quebrada. The bulk of the investment, 300 million euros, will be invested in a five star hotel, a housing complex, an area of services and trade and a multipurpose pavilion that will serve for future installations tournament Portuguese Estoril Open tennis and to the House of Selections.

New Nightclub in Lisbon’s Terreiro do Paço

Thursday, 01 November 2012 00:00

One of the new spaces, the newly opened East Wing of the Terreiro do Paço, is called Lust Lisbon.

Discogoers who want luxury (as the name implies) should make reservations, as there is limited capacity. It works in a place that once belonged to the Ministry of Finance, to prove it, "yet there are cabinets, books and respective spines, besides the wooden blocks on the floor, in an area that has remained classic," explains the director of communication, Paulo José Carmo.

Apart from creating a design dominated by the sin of lust, another of intent "is to combine environmental tourist area with historical space in which it operates and the mystique of the Terreiro do Paço Lisbon."

The drinks are all premium service (Bombay Sapphire gin, Dewar's whiskey and Grey Goose vodka. There are still six “miniprivados,” each with the name of a cardinal sin, and a private top, obviously called Lust). Anna David and Fiona are the public relations house handling the model. The space also has a restaurant.

LUST LISBON  Ala Nascente do Terreiro do Paco, 87, Lisboa  T 011 351 .91 878 8868