Category: Portugal

Luxury Recipes: A Taste of Portugal

Chef Ricardo Costa, The Yeatman
05 Dec 2011 by admin

Chef Ricardo Costa from The Yeatman, Oporto, has shared with us one of his favourite festive Portuguese recipes – Spice and Port Wine Bread                  Preparation Blend together the honey, milk and spices and let the mixture settle for...

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The Yeatman, Oporto, Wins “Best Wine List” Award

Beatriz Machado and Adrian Bridge of The Yeatman
07 Nov 2011 by Emma Jamieson

Portuguese wine magazine “Revista de Vinhos” this year declared The Yeatman winner of the “Best Wine List” following over a hundred submissions from hotels and restaurants from across Portugal including The Azores and Madeira. Compiled by the hotel’s Wine Director, Beatriz...

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Escape on a Wine Harvest Weekend in Oporto

Massage at the Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at The Yeatman
14 Jul 2011 by Emma Jamieson

Harvest time in the terraced vineyards of the Douro Valley in Portugal is a festive and traditional affair. Join The Yeatman hotel on a weekend of enological discovery; take part in the harvest and toast your efforts with a specially-designed “harvest” menu...

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Chefs with Flair

Cuisine at SHA
01 Mar 2011 by Emma Jamieson

Are you mad about the new season of Masterchef? Mental for Macrobiotics? Potty for Portuguese cuisine? Then this spring, the following trio of dazzling chefs is sure to have you flocking to their respective hotel restaurants for some seriously tantalising tastebud escapes. Ricardo...

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Last Minute Valentines Break’s

Principe Forte dei Marmi bathroom
07 Feb 2011 by Clemmie Mason-Pearson

Treat your loved one this year Forget the heart shaped chocolates, pink champagne and cute cuddly bears this year and treat your loved one to a Valentine’s Day to remember, whether you are the quintessentially English couple, the jet setting...

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Travel Predictions for 2011

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18 Jan 2011 by Emma Jamieson

Hot destinations, new experiences, old favourites with a twist? What about the effect of the digital world on how we plan our voyages? A look back at the last year, with the conversations generated at Indigo PRCo, has helped shape...

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Oporto with a BANG at The Yeatman

Fireworks seen from The Yeatman infinity pool
05 Nov 2010 by Emma Jamieson

Guy Fawkes night is upon us, but why limit yourslef to a damp squib Roman Candle in the back garden when you could whizz off to Portugal and get more BANG for your buck at The Yeatman?...

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Cafe Culture in laid-back Oporto

Bogani Cafe, Oporto
11 Aug 2010 by johnhenry

The first posting on the Casal Lounge bar and cafe blog asks the question “Where else to be?”, and it is a fair question indeed as Oporto emerges as one of Europe’s lesser-known and therefore all the more exciting destinations,...

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