Saturday, 24 April 2010

The celebrations of freedom 25th of April

" 25 de Abril de 1974 - the 25th of April 1974 "
 
Tomorrow, Portugal celebrates the 25th of April! It is the celebration of Freedom for the Portuguese people, after living since 1933 under an authoritarian dictatorship regime that ended in 1974, with a military coup called the "Revolução dos Cravos -  Carnation Revolution ".
 
The Portuguese lived under constant opression during all this period without access to education & freedom of speech.
 
With the Revolution the colonial war also ended and the independence and freedom was recognized to the Portuguese former colonies such as: Portuguese Guinea, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Angola, São Tomé e Principe & East Timor.
 
 
Around Portugal, each council celebrates this day with diferent events.
 
A curious fact was that in a couple of hour/days the regime went down after a great organization of the military to which the people joined, there were two signs that were based on musics broadcasted in the radio:
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Viva o 25 de Abril, Viva a Liberdade!
 
Richard @ Silver Coast Estate Agents, 24th of April 2010

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Friday, 23 April 2010

New service rental bike was launched in Caldas da Rainha, Silver Coast

New service rental bike was launched in Caldas da Rainha - Silver Coast
 
Bike sharing arrived to the Silver Coast, with a new service launched by the council of Caldas da Rainha.
 
The aim is to share bikes for different points distributed in several locations.
So soon you may pick up a bike in the city use it for some hours and hand it back in the station in Foz Arelho or even Nadadouro.
The service will count until the end of May with at least 14 stations were you can pick / handle back a bike. Durng the month of May, the service in Foz will be limited to the weekend days, but starting June the organization counts on having the stations operating every days from at leat 10 am to 7 pm.
 
The prices for this service are really low considering the benefits:
Full morning Rental - 1 Eur.
Full day Rental - 2,50 Eur.
 
There are also Year and Weekly subscriptions which represent even a bigger saving.
 
The service was launched with 100 bikes, but the plan is to have 300 bikes active until the end of this Summer.
 
 
TOPcasas Silver Coast Estate Agents, 23rd of April 2010

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Saturday, 17 April 2010

Help Line for Clients Affected by Flights Cancelled due to Ash Cloud

Help Line for Clients Affected by Flights Cancelled due to Ash Cloud
 
With more than 300 flights cancelled everyday TO & FROM the Portugal airports, and many of our Clients (or Guests of our Clients) being affected with this event we put our 24hr Info Line available in case you need to contact us for any help or further info:
 
+351 964 28 28 22 - Richard
 
You can check here info on Status of Flights in the Portugese Airports
 
Silver Coast - 17th of April 2010, www.topcasas.co.uk

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Saturday, 3 April 2010

Some Cultural Events taking place in the Silver Coast

more info in www.topcasas.co.uk
 
 
When? Kind? Who or What? Where?
10/Apr Music Concert Rodrigo Leão & Cinema Ensemble Cine-Teatro Alcobaça
10/Apr Electronic Music DJ RIDE CCC – Caldas Rainha
15/Apr Music Concert Bunnyranch CCC – Caldas Rainha
18/Apr Theatre Children Ti-Tós-Tis CCC – Caldas Rainha
19/Apr Photo Exhibition Exhibition from Photo Workshop CCC – Caldas Rainha
21/Apr Music Concert Guta Naki CCC – Caldas Rainha
23/Apr Dance Festival Modern Dance Act CCC – Caldas Rainha
24/Apr Theatre Vai-se Andando CCC – Caldas Rainha
24/Apr Dance Festival Pop Dance Workshop for Children CCC – Caldas Rainha
24/Apr Jazz Concert Urban Beat Black Box Experience José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
25/Apr Music Concert Piano José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
29/Apr Dance Festival Modern Dance Act CCC – Caldas Rainha
29/Apr Dance Festival La Fontaine story artists José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria

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Happy Easter

Dear friends & family,
 
We wish you all a Happy Easter.
 
From the team of TOPcasas Silver Coast Estate Agents
Ana Constantino - Marco Alexandre - Nuno Constantino - Richard Gomes - Teresa Mateus
 
2010-04-03
 
 

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Saturday, 20 March 2010

1st Karting Challenge TOPcasas Estate Agents @ Silver Coast

1st Karting Challenge TOPcasas Estate Agents Silver Coast
We have the pleasure to present a special activity taking place in the Silver Coast which is being organized by TOPcasas Silver Coast Estate Agents, this is a Karting Competition between our Staff members, Friends and Clients.


Everyone is invited!
The event will take place in KIRO - Silver Coast's International Competition Track, located nearby to Bombarral on the 22nd of May 2010 (Saturday), at 1700 hours 
Full details on the track can be seen here: http://www.kiro-karting.com/
These are the details of the TOPcasas Karting Challenge:
- Karts engine Honda with 200 cc - 4 stroke;
- 15 minutes qualification + 30 minutes challenge;     
- Min. 16 pilots and max. of 30 pilots;
- Min. age 16 years old, max. 99 years old!
After the event we will deliver the prizes to the participants and have dinner al together.
For full details or further info please register directly by email or by contacting Richard @ +351 964 28 28 22 until the 30th April.

Monday, 1 March 2010

Cultural Events on the Silver Coast March 2010

1st of March 2010 - www.topcasas.co.uk
Cultural Events on the Silver Coast
 
We are glad to bring to you on our website a list of cultural and other events happening in the month of March, on the Silver Coast.
 
In case you want to get access to more info on one of the events please feel free to contact us.
 
March is the month of the Chocolate Festival in Óbidos! 
 
 
When? Kind? Who or What? Where?


04/Mar Ballet The Sleeping Beauty José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
4 to 14/Mar Festival Chocolate Festival Óbidos Castle
06/Mar Music Concert And Also the Trees José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
07/Mar Music Concert Blues for Babies Miguel Franco Theatre – Leiria
11/Mar Music Concert Carminho – Fado Music José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
11/Mar Theatre “Pionés – O Programa da Tininha” CCC – Caldas Rainha
13/Mar Music Concert André Santos & Quintet – Spanish Sounds CCC – Caldas Rainha
15/Mar Expo Painting Exposition from artist Mónica Landim CCC – Caldas Rainha
19/Mar Music Concert Carminho – Fado Music CCC – Caldas Rainha
19/Mar Religious Luminárias de S. José Carvalhal – Bombarral
20/Mar Theatre Theatre “DRÁKULA” CCC – Caldas Rainha
25/Mar Opera CARMEN José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
27/Mar Music Concert Anaquim Teatro-Cine Torres Vedras
27/Mar Theatre C10H14N2 José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
27 & 28/Mar MTB 24 Hours MTB Alenquer
28/Mar Theatre Children Aventuras de João Ratão CCC – Caldas Rainha
28/Mar Music Concert NOUVELLE VAGUE – Acoustic José Lúcio Theatre – Leiria
31/Mar Music Concert A JIGSAW – Blues & Folk Music CCC – Caldas Rainha

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Portugal is one of the Bidding nations for 2018 Ryder Cup

 1st of March 2010

Ryder Cup 2018, by TOPcasas Estate Agents – www.topcasas.co.uk

Jorge Sampaio, former Portugal's President and Manuel Pinho, former Minister of Portugal Economy will be the faces of the Portuguese application for the organization of the 2018 Ryder Cup in golf, the third most competitive sport in the world media after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.

The choice of country-organizer of the event will be announced by the Ryder Cup Europe in 2011, with the candidates to submit the specifications of the application until next April.

Manuel Pinto, who as Minister of Economy issued the challenge of running the Ryder Cup in June 2009, heads the executive committee of the event, which honors committee is chaired by Jorge Sampaio, practitioner of the sport, as the former owner of the folder Economy.

In addition to Portugal, contributing to the test France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden undertook to promote the winner for 12 years, throughout the country, professional tournaments of the European circuit, Senior and Challenge.

If Portugal wins the nomination the investments that will perform will be 12 million per year, co-funded by Ryder Cup Europe, which owns the commercial rights of the race, Turismo de Portugal and private partners in plots to be defined.

The costs of the golf course official Ryder Cup 2018, not yet chosen, will be covered solely by private developers.

The economic impact of the Ryder Cup in 2006 was 240 million, race televised in 500 million homes in 180 countries. The organization estimates that the Ryder Cup will bring Portugal 150 thousand visitors, two thousand journalists from around the world and sell 300 thousand tickets during the seven days of competition.

The organization of the 2018 Ryder Cup is presented as a catalyst to promote Portugal as a leader in the tourism industry and the world of golf, that initiative has the support of Turismo de Portugal, together with the Federation of Golf is to tap the event to bring the sport to all regions of the country.

Europe-US Confrontation
The mild climate throughout the year and the promise of discontinuity of the international tournaments of Minho to the Algarve and Islands are two of the gains of the Portuguese application for the remaining countries in the race for Ryder Cup 2018.

The next Ryder Cup takes place between 1 and 3 October at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales and is already the tickets available to the public lover of the sport www.rydercup.com / tickets.

The Ryder Cup is a four-year rolling competition, confronting the selections from Europe and the United States since 1927, and for various reasons has become an event of great importance and impact of media and sports.

Portugal, where three tournaments are on The 2009 European Tour International Schedule including the Portugal Masters at Oceânico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura from October 15-18, will have hosted 59 European Tour, ten European Challenge Tour and ten European Senior Tour events by the end of this season. Daniel Silva is the one Portuguese player by birth to have won on The European Tour while José-Filipe Lima has taken Portuguese nationality since his win in 2004.


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