Browsing Month October, 2010

Oppidum Ginja de Óbidos – Drink a Ginja, Eat the Cup

Oppidum Ginja de Óbidos – Drink a Ginja, Eat the Cup

By | October 31, 2010 at 4:31 pm | One comment

Ginja are funny little fruit.  They look like cherries.  They grow on trees like cherries.  They have pits like cherries.  But, ginja are much more sour than cherries.  This bitterness really makes the fruit almost inedible.  Yet, today, a liquor produced using this fruit...

Posted in: Cool Things, Shopping

10 Intriguing Cemeteries of Portugal

10 Intriguing Cemeteries of Portugal

By | October 29, 2010 at 9:35 am | No comments

Whether you consider cemeteries sacred or macabre, these bone yards are interesting, historically cool, sometimes significant, and often, architecturally amazing.  Portugal Confidential is checking out cemeteries across the...

Posted in: Culture, Lisbon, Porto

&SoWhat  – Don’t Call It a Salon.  It’s a Lifestyle Concept!

&SoWhat – Don’t Call It a Salon. It’s a Lifestyle Concept!

By | October 26, 2010 at 9:02 pm | No comments

[caption id="attachment_1957" align="alignright" width="238" caption="Flor & Yohann Peres"][/caption] We are as we are; you are as you are.  This is the mantra for &SoWhat, a new concept in beauty salons.  Hot couple of the moment, French hairstylist Yohann...

Posted in: Cool Things

Ar de Rio – Which is More Beautiful, the View or the Architecture?

Ar de Rio – Which is More Beautiful, the View or the Architecture?

By | October 22, 2010 at 5:49 pm | One comment

You’re an architecture fanatic....and you’re hungry.  You’re in the Porto area. You really need a place to satisfy your passion for design as well as feed your growling stomach.  Fortunately for you, Portugal Confidential can recommend the perfect place to fulfill these...

Posted in: Dining, Porto

Maritaca – Fusion Pizza for Fashionable People in Lisbon

Maritaca – Fusion Pizza for Fashionable People in Lisbon

By | October 19, 2010 at 8:44 pm | No comments

[caption id="attachment_1905" align="alignright" width="216" caption="Italian & Baian Fusion"][/caption] Recently, at MODALISBOA, Portugal Confidential was intrigued that one post-fashion show event was to be held at a pizzeria.  Upon further investigation, it turns out,...

Posted in: Dining, Lisbon

Claus Porto – Traditional Luxury for Your Body

Claus Porto – Traditional Luxury for Your Body

By | October 18, 2010 at 6:19 pm | No comments

One of the coolest body products to hit Europe and North America in the last few years is produced in the oldest soap-making factory in Portugal!  Claus Porto, a company established in 1887 in Porto, produces soaps, body lotions, shave creams and candles found in exclusive...

Posted in: Cool Things

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