Portuguese for Foreigners

 We have all as students been to that café where we look at the books opened on the table at the same time we have our coffee and take a bite on a piece of cake. When doing business, business lunches and dinners are a common task on our agendas. We could call this multitasking but many times it's all about managing the short time we have! So, why not do the same when learning Portuguese! there's no excuse not to learn it! I mean, you'll have to eat sometime! So, why don't we have a nice lunch at a nice terrace restaurant, taste our wonderful Portuguese gastronomy with a nice bottle of wine and learn a few words in Portuguese? Weekend's coming and you're not sure if your into a lesson because you'd rather spend your free time travelling and having a stroll at a nice place? Then, why don't you have both? You get to know nice new places while learning a new language! That's what strAv3L has to offer you!

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L: Coimbra program 5

Program 5:

•     Lunch at a restaurant in Mealhada (roasted piglet)
•     Walk through the centre of Coimbra
•     Walk through the University of Coimbra
•     Visit to Penedo da Saudade
•     Visit to Quinta das Lágrimas
•     Walk through Choupal National Forest

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L: Coimbra package

Coimbra / Mealhada

On the banks of the River Mondego, Coimbra was once capital of an emerging Portuguese kingdom. An ancient centre of learning, poetry and sculpture, Coimbra was also the setting for the love affair of Pedro and Inês. 

In place of the hilltop palace of the first Portuguese monarchs, you’ll now find the oldest university in Portugal and Europe.

Before the first royals, the Roman’s colonised the area, and their art is found in the Monastery of Santa Cruz, where St. Anthony lived and the first King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques died. Roman art is also found in the Old Cathedral, where students sing Coimbra-style fado on the steps. In Santa Clara-a-Velha, which dates back to Roman times as well, the beautiful Inês de Castro lived with the children she had with Prince Pedro. It was here she was murdered on the orders of King Afonso IV, giving rise to the most tragic and immortal love story written in Portuguese.

The Renaissance and the final transfer of the university to Coimbra in 1537 breathed new artistic freedom into the city. This is now seen in the beautiful Manueline doorway of the University Chapel and the magnificent ancient door in the walls of the Old Cathedral.

The Baroque style also left its mark on the sumptuous University Library, “the most beautiful and richly decorated library that I ever saw” according to a 19th Century diplomat. On its gilded shelves are 250,000 books.

From the top of its 178 steps, the old university clock tower still chimes out the hours too. Visit Coimbra for an unforgettable holiday.

text and photo from: http://www.visitportugal.com/

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

ART/travel - Touristic/Cultural Package

Lisbon (source: www.tripadvisor.com)

Santarém (source: www.olhares.com)

Coimbra (souce: unknown)

Sado River / Tróia (souce: www.aqualuztroia.com)

Portugal has many beautiful places to visit and is rich in its gastronomical and musical culture as well as in heritage. From fado houses, to museums, to its lovely beaches or enchanting mountains, there is much to see. A walk through Lisbon hills, a short cruise to Troia and the chance to watch the Sado dolphins, the sight of the black capes of the university students from Coimbra, getting by Santarém the so-called Portuguese gothic capital… the hardest thing is to choose your package.     Portugal has many beautiful places to visit and is rich in its gastronomical and musical culture as well as in heritage. From fado houses, to museums, to its lovely beaches or enchanting mountains, there is much to see. A walk through Lisbon hills, a short cruise to Troia and the chance to watch the Sado dolphins, the sight of the black capes of the university students from Coimbra, getting by Santarém the so-called Portuguese gothic capital… the hardest thing is to choose your package.