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Ecotourism in Madeira Islands, Portugal

The most popular type of tourism in Madeira is ecotourism, for which many Europeans come here. The Madeira National Reserve was established in 1982 to preserve the natural heritage of the island. Unique species of plants and animals are protected here, some of which are close to extinction. The reserve occupies 2/3 of the island and… Read More »

Portugal Shopping, Embassy and Communication

Language Overview The official language is Portuguese. Business people often speak English and French, and sometimes German. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 04/15/2022 Good Friday 04/17/2022 Easter Sunday 04/25/2022 Freedom Day 05/01/2022 Labor Day 06/10/2022 Portugal day 06/16/2022 Corpus Christi 08/15/2022 Assumption Day 05.10.2022 day of the Republic 11/01/2022 all saints day 12/01/2022 restoration of… Read More »

Portugal in the 1990’s

The bloodless ‘carnation revolution’ of 1974, putting an end to a dictatorship that lasted forty years, which had kept the country in a condition of backwardness and international isolation, launched a complex and conflicting process of economic and political modernization in Portugal on which the contemporary establishment of a different European order had a decisive… Read More »