Caniçada Dam Lake in Cávado river at Gerês National Park is a dream place. Here you can see the Dam discharge which was so powerful that a beautiful rainbow appeared.
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Several Regions, Algarve, Alentejo, Lisbon, Porto, West Coast, includes medieval towns, fishing villages, open-air markets, local wine, fantastic gastronomy, friendship and simplicity and some of Europe’s best sandy beaches. The best Place for you, to live in Portugal is waiting.
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If you like simplicity, relaxing environments, friendship, sunny days and more… Come to Portugal, visit us first and decide to live here. Algarve can be an option in particular if you like beaches.
Algarve is the Portuguese most known Region, located in the South of Portugal, the western European Region. Portugal has 1230 km of Atlantic coastline, of which, 300 km in Algarve. It is Europe’s most famous secret. This region boasts Europe’s best beaches, Europe’s best golf courses, some of Europe’s friendliest folk, and one of the lowest cost of living in Western Europe. It is also the newest tax haven in Europe.
European retirees have recognized Algarve as a sunny coastal region, with lots of entertainment and has been chosen for more than 100,000 of them. Beyond Europe, the Algarve is largely ignored as a retirement haven. If you’re looking for a Continental lifestyle and love to be close to the sea, it could be an interesting alternative. Some areas in Algarve, offer history, nice landscapes, fantastic beaches, like Carvoeiro, Lagoa, Tavira or Olhão, to name a few. But if you prefer a modern style, you have Vilamoura with lots of golf courses and much more…
Song – April in Portugal and vídeo Praia de Centeanes, Carvoeiro
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If you like simplicity, relaxing environments, friendship, sunny days and more… Come to Portugal, visit us first and decide to live here. Algarve can be an option in particular if you like golf.
Algarve is the Portuguese most known Region, located in the South of Portugal, the western European Region. Portugal has 1230 km of Atlantic coastline, of which, 300 km in Algarve. It is Europe’s most famous secret. This region boasts Europe’s best beaches, Europe’s best golf courses, some of Europe’s friendliest folk, and one of the lowest cost of living in Western Europe. It is also the newest tax haven in Europe.
European retirees have recognized Algarve as a sunny coastal region, with lots of entertainment and has been chosen for more than 100,000 of them. Beyond Europe, the Algarve is largely ignored as a retirement haven. If you’re looking for a Continental lifestyle and love to be close to the sea, it could be an interesting alternative. Some areas in Algarve, offer history, nice landscapes, fantastic beaches, like Carvoeiro, Lagoa, Tavira or Olhão, to name a few. But if you prefer a modern style, you have Vilamoura with lots of golf courses.
Portugal has been named Europe’s “Best Golf Destination” for 2014, and more than 40 of its courses are in Algarve. The Vale da Pinta and Quinta do Gramacho courses in Lagoa, the Benamor and Quinta da Ria in Tavira and the Old Course in Vilamoura, are especially spectacular. You play against backdrops of ancient carob and olive trees, natural stone walls, and water features.
Look at Vale da Pinta Golf Course in Algarve
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Soft power is a concept developed by Joseph Nye of Harvard University to describe the ability to attract and co-opt rather than coerce, use force or give money as a means of persuasion. He also explain that during the Information Age, “credibility is the scarcest resource”.
For Nye, power is the ability to influence the behavior of others to get the outcomes you want. There are several ways one can achieve this: you can coerce them with threats; you can induce them with payments; or you can attract and co-opt them to want what you want. This soft power – getting others to want the outcomes you want – co-opts people rather than coerces them.
It can be contrasted with ‘hard power’, which is the use of coercion and payment. Soft power can be wielded not just by states but also by all actors in international politics, such as NGOs or international institutions. It is also considered the “second face of power” that indirectly allows you to obtain the outcomes you want. A country’s soft power, according to Nye, rests on three resources: “its culture (in places where it is attractive to others), its political values (when it lives up to them at home and abroad), and its foreign policies (when others see them as legitimate and having moral authority).”
Portugal is a small Country, but the culture, the language and the history, contributed to be in the 24th position, in the Monocle Survey for the 2015 Soft Power Ranking
Benagil is a small town located in Lagoa. The beach is considered by many, as the most beautiful one in Algarve. It’s a small beach, good for fishing, great sand and calm waters. With good infrastructure support, is monitored and is possible to take boat trips.
It is known for it ability to be able to enjoy the sun and the clear water, eat an ice cream or a swim, always a family atmosphere. The mass of boats is such that you can doubt the existence of sand, hidden behind the sterns and bows. At high tide, the water almost reaches the rocks, catching unwary swimmers, who allow themselves to fall asleep.
ArtAlien TV reports “New underwater pyramid discovered in the Azores. Also the recently discovered huge sunken city between the Azores and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and how it lines up precisely with the new very large Antarctic structure discovered on Google earth by ArtAlienTV on March 6th 2013.
This evidence suggests that Atlantis was a real civilization and was probably responsible for building all 3 of these massive structures before the water levels rose and hid these magnificent buildings, until now.
The fact that they line up so exactly hints at a grand design by some ancient Atlantean architect.
The new Azores pyramid is 8000 square metres in size. The sunken city just south east of it is 104 x 75 miles in size. Truly a massive city.
The Antarctic pyramid or castle structure that lines up with the sunken city is partially obscured by ice and cloud is at high altitude but the straight 2km long sides can be seen with right angled corners. It shows signs of possible earthquake damage.
All these buildings must have been built a very long time ago when the water levels were much lower and there was no ice on that part of the Antarctic continente”.
Another version of the story is reported by Dr. Greg Little, completes the scenario:
“The story emerged around September 23, 2013 and was soon touted on thousands of web sites where it morphed into more and more fantastic claims. The stories started by relating that a “gigantic pyramid” had been discovered off the Azores Island of Terceira in 130 feet of water. It was said to be 197-feet tall, perfectly aligned to the cardinal directions, perfectly square, and discovered by a private Portuguese yachtsman using sonar. The base was calculated at 295 feet on each side. It was first reported on Portuguese television and then by a newspaper. When it hit the internet it quickly morphed into a “perfect stone pyramid,” definitely “the discovery of Atlantis,” the main site where “ancient aliens from Atlantis” landed, and so much more. The Portuguese Navy was said to be excited and investigating the discovery.
The sonar images didn’t really look perfectly square, but that didn’t matter. And the idea that it was “gigantic” seemed odd. There are a lot of pyramids, ancient and modern, that are taller and have much larger bases. But the speculation ran rampant on web sites and forums. Almost immediately, calculations were made asserting that the pyramid was so “perfect” that it incorporated Phi in its base and Pi in its height. The slope of the pyramid’s sides was calculated by some people to be precisely the same as Kafre’s Pyramid at Giza. Author Graham Hancock became so excited that he wrote that he was considering going to site to scuba dive it. Then a website touting the discovery popped up that used the nonprofit (org) designation. It began by complaining that the discovery was not getting enough media attention. The owner of the website is listed as “private” and was registered by a third party.
Very few people wrote anything cautious. I wrote on Facebook that there were stone structures on several Azores islands and it would not be surprising that some structures there were now underwater. And I hoped that the reports were true, but because I have used sonar and seen a lot of old sonar reports of underwater “pyramids”—which later turned out to be nothing but shifting piles of sand, I doubted the entire thing. Andrew Collins wrote on Facebook that, while it was intriguing, he cautioned that sonar was not a reliable way to discover an underwater pyramid and that volcanic hills and ridges were known to be in that area. Oddly the reports of pyramid discoveries in the Bahamas still keep emerging as if they are new stories. But all of these have turned out to be false—sadly so, I will add.
For a week or so the websites touting the discovery kept asking what the Portuguese Navy was doing? But when the Navy gave their answer, it was met with silence and claims of a cover-up.
On October 5 the Portugal-based Hydrographic Institute issued a report that was all but totally ignored by the English speaking media. Portuguese newspapers reported that the sonar used by the sailor was extremely low-resolution. The data points obtained by the sonar pings created straight lines making it look uniform. The Secretary of Science & Culture had also asked the Portuguese Navy to investigate so they pulled out a hydrographic survey of the site made with the highest resolution equipment. The results were definitive: there is no “structure” there, just a hill on the bottom.
The Portuguese Navy then formally commented on the “discovery.” In this video a Navy Commander relates that it is a sonar “read error” and that it is a volcanic hill.
The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute then related that the “pyramid” was a known volcanic hill and posted actual underwater bottom contours of the site from a hydrographic survey.
Note that if you click on the above link, the best view is obtained by clicking on the link to watch it on YouTube. Then click on the “full page view” setting.
For the Portuguese Navy and their officials (who were initially said to be excited and involved) that ended the affair. But almost immediately there came allegations that it was a cover-up. It is obviously a pyramid from Atlantis some claimed, and for reasons that are obscure, the government doesn’t want anyone to know. At least, that’s the claim. But of course, none of the people who claim a cover-up will ever go out there and dive it or drop a camera down. It is much better to keep it alive as a mystery. After all, no one wants to admit the truth—or know the truth”.
Researchers have discovered an underwater pyramid 60 meters high and 8000 meters square base near the Bank De João de Castro, between the islands of Terceira and São Miguel. The structure was identified by the sailor Diocleciano Smith based on bathymetry readings. The author does not believe that the pyramid is of natural origin. The Government says that the matter is already being investigated with the support of the Portuguese Navy.
Enjoy your stay in the north of Portugal to pamper your body and soul. Care for your well-being and health at the thalassotherapy centres and spas in the region.
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Living in Portugal, playing golf and enjoying nature is a great way of living.
In the North of Portugal there are eleven courses located in absolutely inspiring natural settings, ideal for those who seek both a relaxing and stimulating physical activity, always in touch with nature and in the middle of breathtaking landscapes
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Living in Portugal is great! 