About Dreams Presentation 2013

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About Dreams

is a travel agency focusing on the creation of routes that trough travelling offers our customers the possibility to achieve their

wishes and dreams.

Our routes are created based on the quality and originality of our suggestions, to guarantee unique experiences and

moments.

About Dreams operates in the market of the world but with a special focus on incoming visitors to PORTUGAL, from the perspective of providing each person the opportunity of finding a genuine and authentic country. Through a special emphasis to our history, our colors, our towns,

cities and landscapes, to our traditions, aromas and flavors, and to our way of being, Portugal likes to welcome and to show itself as a land of many charms.

About Dreams invites you to visit Portugal because we know that you will want to comeback.

Travel is only the beginning...


Portugal


In 2010, the European Consumers Choice Awards rated Lisbon (capital of the country) as the "Best Destination 2010�.


lisbon | portugal

20th safest countries in the world on a list of 153 Portugal is among the first countries


mafra | portugal

5,200 doorways, 2,500 windows, 880 halls and rooms, 154 staircases, 29 courtyards, and two bell towers boasting the world's largest

collection of bells (57 in each) that can be heard for 24km (15 miles).


porto | portugal


Discover the best of Portugal with all its fine monuments, cities and its wonderful landscapes shaped by man down the centuries. Make the

sites selected by UNESCO as World Heritage become your pretext to visit this country.

sintra | portugal


water sports, play golf on the best courses in the world, contemplate nature, Here you can practice

experience the most novel well-being treatments.

tr贸ia | portugal


Portugal has the largest oriental garden in Europe, the impressive Buddha Eden with circa 35 hectares. bombarral | portugal


aรงores | portugal

Get out into the country and discove unbeatable heritage, wines an

cuisine.


algarve | portugal

850 km bathed by the atlantic

ocean


tr贸ia | portugal

Diversity of landscapes and environments in a small area


sandy beaches as far as the eye can see, golden plains and mountains, vibrant

costa vicentina | portugal

and cosmopolitan cities and a millennial heritage.


The Alto Douro Region has been producing wine

for

nearly two thousand years and its landscape has been moulded by human activities. UNESCO World Heritage

douro | portugal


The beauty of the landscape invites excursions on foot, on mountain and on horseback.

alentejo | portugal

bikes


Over 80% of the tourists who visit Portugal are satisfied with their trip and want to come back

goleg達 | portugal


Portugal wines are

unique, with thrilling and different flavours. Awarded worldwide, they provide unique experiences to those who sit at a table with them.


The best fish in the world . Our fish is known and enjoyed since Ancient Times. The romans chose our fish to prepare the most exquisite garum (we can still visit the place in SetĂşbal where this sauce was made) and today, from one side of the Atlantic to the other, the most famous restaurants of Europe and AmĂŠrica fight for our

best species of fish.


Fado

is currently a world wide known symbol of Portugal, being represented for many years all over the world for several great Portuguese artists such as the unforgettable Amรกlia Rodrigues, or more recently Mariza.


tradition | portugal


The Careto tradition is a pre-historical religious ritual, from northeastern Portugal. It currently takes place during Carnival


tradition | portugal


Discover a selection of the best restaurants in Portugal. From south to north, meet the restaurants that were awarded with a Michelin star, those who received awards in the Oporto Wine Gastronomy Contest; the distinguished chefs in the Chef Of The Year Competition and some proposals for restaurants that won the Turismo de Portugal Award.


The supply of hotels is diversified, with a large number of such units on offer, classified from 1 to 5-star depending on their location and the quality of their facilities.



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A PIECE OF PORTUGUESE LAND


A PIECE OF PORTUGUESE LAND Portugal is a genuine country that reveals itself in this journey which starts in the South and heads towards North, through unforgettable roads of flavors, colors and traditions, in fabulous and unique places, since scenic villages to cosmopolitan cities. The starting point is the unknown Algarve, the countryside, rich in salt mining, fauna and flora, and authentic in traditional products and mountain range handicraft. Then we will continue to Alentejo, a calm region which communicates a profound feeling of relaxation, result of the millennial endurance of men, which always worked on the land for their livelihood. The country´s best wines are from Alentejo, which we will know since vine variety to winery, and to be proudly served at tables to accompany enogastronomic lunches, authentic flavor festivals. fabulous Port Wine, which we will taste while looking at the water, surrounded by the tranquility of the terrace. Through the highest viewpoint of the area we could catch a glimpse of the amazing landscapes waiting for us.

TRAVEL INFORMATION Travel time | 18 days Accommodation | Hotel

HIGHLIGHTS Visits through cities and Portuguese villages, many of them designated by Unesco as World Heritage Site. Opportunity to visit working salt mines.

Activities | History, culture, gastronomy, wines, handicraft, nature

Visits to vineyards, wine cellars, taste wines, wine spirits and liqueurs.

Reservations | Minimum 2 persons

Take a boat ride along Douro which ends with a visit to wine cellars, with a Port Wine and chocolate tasting.

Taste the authentic and typical Portuguese gastronomy. Listen to “fado vadio” in a characteristic neighborhood in Lisbon.

Feel the tranquility of Alentejo. Meet countryside and natural Algarve, rich in fauna and flora.


COUNTRY OF COLOURS, FLAVORS AND FRAGRANCES


COUNTRY OF COLOURS, FLAVORS AND FRAGRANCES In Portugal we are good hosts. We like to show our beautiful country, the traditions that make us unique, the excellence of our products, the quality of our land and the authenticity of our people. Each time that ABOUT DREAMS creates an itinerary puts a little bit of all this. And all together, combined with the dream of who visits us, has to turn out right. Because all that is made with love, turns to be a success. Country of colours, flavors and fragrances, Portugal is in this itinerary in a special way, exclusive, custom-made for those who want to visit all the good things that we have, the Portuguese wines and the structures around them that give shape to what we call Wine Tourism. From the extraordinary landscapes of Douro to the excellence of Dão, passing through wide Alentejo - three largest divided regions and national wine producers – in this itinerary we have selected producers to meet, fine wines to taste, vineyards to discover, some of the country’s largest wine cellars and its worldwide recognized structures, which export for many countries around the world; historic farms, magical places and outstanding cities. We have all this. Now, Portugal and ABOUT DREAMS hope you enjoy the tour. Getting here was just the beginning.

TRAVEL INFORMATION

HIGHLIGHTS

Travel time | 12 days

OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW SOME OF THE PORTUGAL’S MOST IMPORTANT WINE PRODUCING REGIONS.

Accommodation | Hotel

VISITS TO WINE CELLARS, VINEYARDS AND WINE TASTING OF THE BEST PORTUGUESE WINES, INTERNATIONALLY AWARDED.

Activities | Gastronomy, wines, history, culture Reservations | Minimum 2 persons

POSSIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WINE HARVEST AND GRAPE TREADING (SEASONAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER). TASTE THE BEST OF PORTUGUESE GASTRONOMY. VISITS TO HISTORICAL CITIES DESIGNED AS WORLD HERITAGE. SPEND A NIGHT ON A HOUSEBOAT, UNDER THE STARS OF EUROPE’S LARGEST MAN-MADE LAKE, ALQUEVA , IN ALENTEJO.


BEST OF PORTUGAL GOLF


TRAVEL INFORMATION Travel time |11 days Accommodation | Hotel

HIGHLIGHTS

Activities | Golf, history, gastronomy, wines

PORTUGAL

Reservations | Minimum 2 persons

BEST PORTUGAL GOLF

BESIDES BEING THE BEST

GOLF

AND WELCOMING COUNTRY. IT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY

DESTINATION IN

EUROPE,

IS ALSO A MAGNIFICENT

GOLF IN ONE OF EUROPE´S FINEST COURSES. IT GIVES THE POSSIBILITY TO DO, IN A SINGLE JOURNEY, AN ITINERARY OF GOLF COURSES OF GREAT QUALITY AND SURROUNDED BY LANDSCAPES OF RARE BEAUTY, IN CONTINENTAL PORTUGAL AND ISLANDS. VISITING HERITAGE VILLAGES, WINERIES AND WINE TASTING. TASTE THE AUTHENTIC AND TRADITIONAL PORTUGUESE GASTRONOMY.

Portugal wan recently the award of Europe’s best Golf destination. In this trip towards the best Golf courses of Portugal we want to prove that the award was well delivered and the honors deserved. This itinerary starts in Algarve, leading us first to Oceânico Golf in Vilamoura, one of the world’s best known courses, signed by the English golf architect Frank Pennink, and then to San Lourenzo Golf Course, where besides the magnificent field, there is also the possibility to enjoy the beach and to taste a delicious fish. Still in Algarve we will go to Quinta da Ria Golf Course and Monte Rei Golf & Country Club, in the east. From Algarve we reach one of the most beautiful cities in Portugal, Évora, Unesco World Heritage, to taste Portuguese wines and gastronomy and to have a total relaxing day. From Évora we will arrive to Troia and have the privilege to play in Troia Golf Championship Resort, designed by Robert Trent Jones and considered the best of the country. Then we go to Lisbon to enjoy the Oitavos Dunes, designed by Arthur Hills and located in Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. Completed the itinerary on Continental Land, we will leave to Porto Santo Golf Course in Madeira Island, a field with peaceful and gorgeous sea view landscapes. From here, destination Azores, São Miguel Island, to finish this journey in the better away possible on Furnas Golf Club, placed in the center of a powerful and unforgettable volcanic landscape. A travel of experiences knowing the best Golf destination of Europe.


Come and visit portugal with us.

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