Porto
Porto
PREFERENCE EVENTS ORGANISES CORPORATE EVENTS AND SEMINARS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL.
Long overshadowed by Lisbon, Porto, Portugal’s second-largest city, is nevertheless an original destination for organising a company seminar or incentive trip.
Voted best European destination in 2014, the city is gradually taking on a modern face with the construction of emblematic new buildings such as the Casa da Musica, designed by architect Rem Koolhaas. Organising a company seminar or incentive trip to Porto is an excellent opportunity to discover a city with an exceptional architectural heritage, the gateway to the Douro Valley and its terraced vineyards.
The historic centre of Ribeira, a World Heritage Site, has been asleep for a long time, but is now waking up. Organise a team-building activity such as a rally by bike, segway or on foot and you’ll be able to criss-cross the city and visit the Sé Cathedral on the higher ground or the Palais de la Bourse, a neoclassical marvel, below.
On the other side of the Dom Luis I bridge, the quays of Vila Nova de Gaia are home to some of Porto’s biggest wine houses, where you can visit the cellars and taste the wine.
In the evening, night owls will love the trendy bars that are springing up all over the place, particularly around the Galeria de Paris, which is bustling late into the night.
The recent development of a quality hotel sector means that Porto is now in a position to challenge Lisbon when it comes to organising a corporate event, convention, seminar or incentive trip in Portugal.
Porto’s hotel and tourist infrastructure is undergoing major development, making it possible to organise company trips and events under excellent conditions. There are even more and more air links from the provinces, providing easy access to an original and surprising destination that is a great alternative to Lisbon for organising a seminar or incentive trip in Portugal.
Hotels in Porto
A number of establishments offering the facilities needed to organise conventions, company seminars or incentive trips in Porto have sprung up, but the city is best known for its charming hotels.
A number of ‘large’ hotels can accommodate large groups and offer meeting facilities suitable for organising general meetings, conventions or seminars (Sheraton, Intercontinental, Mercure, Crowne Plaza, etc.).
Recent years have seen the opening of some remarkably charming establishments set in renovated old buildings (Pestana Vintage Porto, Pestana Palacio do Freixo, Flores Village NH Collection), ideal for board meetings or incentive trips.
In the top luxury category for exceptional trips, head for the Douro Valley and its exceptional establishments (Six Senses Douro Valley Hotel).
Activities in Porto
Discovering the region’s wines is a must during your stay in Porto, although the city has so much more to offer!
Visit the city’s new museums: Casa de Musica and the Serralves Foundation for Contemporary Art.
Team-building activities: rally in the old town.
Visit to Port wine cellars and tasting of different vintages.
Portuguese cookery lessons
Visit to the Matosinhos fish market
Cruise on the Douro in ‘Rabelos’, wooden boats that were once used to transport barrels of Port wine.
Program suggestion
Organised by events agency PREFERENCE EVENTS
Arrival in Porto in the morning - Transfer to the hotel and lunch - Team-building: incentive rally to explore the Ribeira district - In the evening, explore the quays of Vila Nova de Gaia, visit the cellars and taste the Port wines - Dinner in a grand house - Return by cable car
Day trip to the Douro Valley - Departure by 4x4 through the vineyards - Lunch at a prestigious Quinta in the region - Meeting with the owner - Team building food and wine - Return to Porto on a cruise aboard a private Rabelo - Dinner and DJ evening in a lounge restaurant
carte activities: Casa de Musica, Serralves Foundation or golf - Lunch in the Ribeiro district - Departure - End of trip in Porto.
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