ARTEH® - Hotels and Resorts starts 2007 with a distinctive alliance, in the Tourism Industry, with the Childcare Institution Ajuda de Berço.

Farol Design Hotel in Cascais, presented their most recent novelty which will guarantee all guests unforgettable night of higher quality and comfort.

Carnival in Barcelona epitomizes some of the more gluttonous aspects of traditional celebration. The time before the Lenten fast is spent indulging in the very best of soon-to-be-forbidden pleasures, and for Barcelonans this means a gargantuan feast dedicated to anything particularly fatty. Celebrations last for a couple of days, starting on the 10th of February and ending on the 25th.

Undoubtedly one of the best in Europe, the Carnival in Madeira is a guarantee for endless fun and entertainment, from the 17th to the 20th of February!

Quinta da Bela Vista in Madeira has been elected, by trade professional from 140 different countries, as Portugal’s Leading Boutique Hotel for the World Travel Awards.

Portugal’s tourism golf strategy was unveiled with The European Tour playing an integral part in the plan. Three events on The European Tour International Schedule will be hosted by Portugal this year.

If you fancy spending the days before Lent partying with the townspeople of some of Tuscany's most beautiful towns, then look no further - the best places in the region to enjoy the Bacchanalian carnival festivities are Florence itself and nearby villages, on the 18th of February.

This is the celebration of the ritual purification of Mary, which, as required by Jewish law, took place forty days after the birth of her child, and is held on the 2nd of February.

Carnival in Bahia is the real deal! That is, of course, if parties and crowds are your thing. Nowhere else comes close. Carnival Bahia is not nubile women in feathers high up on floaters à la Carnival Rio. It's YOU out there on the streets doing it 'til you drop.

January the 14th is celebrated in India as Makar Sankranti - heralding the transition of the sun into the Northern hemisphere. It is also a big kite day in most parts of India when children from 6 to 60 can be seen with their heads turned to the sky.