Pink Monkey would like to wish every a very Happy New Year
Tuesday 31 December 2013
Monday 30 December 2013
New For 2014
Fado Show and Group Meal
Fado is a typical Portuguese music genre that symbolises loss and longing. The essential element of fado music is “saudade,” a Portuguese word that translates roughly as longing, or nostalgia for unrealized dreams. Enjoy this delight on your Lisbon Hen Weekend
Experience the joys of cooking traditional Portuguese food and have the pleasure of eating your creation. The Portuguese love food and your hen party can take away some new receipes and impress your friends and family when you return home.
Fado is a typical Portuguese music genre that symbolises loss and longing. The essential element of fado music is “saudade,” a Portuguese word that translates roughly as longing, or nostalgia for unrealized dreams. Enjoy this delight on your Lisbon Hen Weekend
- What's included: 3 Course meal Aperitive, digestive and covert included
- Fado show starts at 9.00pm
- 1/2 Bottle of wine per person
- Coffee included
- Available Lisbon
Experience the joys of cooking traditional Portuguese food and have the pleasure of eating your creation. The Portuguese love food and your hen party can take away some new receipes and impress your friends and family when you return home.
- What's included: Prepare, cook and eat a traditional Portuguese 3 course meal
- Wine and coffee included
- Glass of Port
- Discover the variety of flavours and tastes of the best that Portugal has to offer
- Available Lisbon
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Algarve Fun Facts
Cheap flights from UK and only 3 hours away!
100 Miles of beautiful sandy beaches are often sheltered by small cliffs such as those in Vilamoura and where you can sun yourself in pretty little coves and take a refreshing dip in the warm Atlantic Ocean, enjoy the fantastic beaches on your Hen Weekend in Albufeira,
Surfers love the beaches close to Lagos and Sagres. Near to Albufeira at Praia da Gale, the beaches are popular with windsurfers and watersports are freely available just about everywhere during the summer months, perfect for your Stag Weekend in the Algarve
The Algarve has an area of 2,089 square miles and around 130 miles of coastline,
The Algarve has over 3000 hours of sunshine a year, so ladies top up your tan on your Vilamoura Hen Party,
The climate in the Algarve is dry and clear and it rarely gets too hot as cooling breezes off the Atlantic take the edge off the heat. But don't forget your sunscreen you do not want to get as pink as Monkey!!
The Algarve has 31 golf courses, Vilamoura is famous for golf so why not get in some holes on your Stag Party in Vilamoura,
At the peak of the tourism season in Algarve the numbers of visitors to the Algarve ends up being almost triple the number of locals! Almost 1,000,000 people.
The Algarve is historic, areas of the Algarve formed part of an ancient trading route that out dates even the Romans.
The Algarve was placed in the top list of top travel destinations for 2012 in the New York Times’,
In 1755 the Algarve was hit and destroyed by an earthquake, which had its epicentre very close to Lagos.
Monday 2 December 2013
Monthly Events in Lisbon
February
Lisbon Carnival
The small cobbled streets of Lisbon come alive during Carnival with excited party goers. The city holds a number of free events across the city, the highlight is the Carnival Parade on Shrove Tuesday, featuring dazzling costumes, samba bands and floats on show in downtown Lisbon.
May
Out Jazz in Lisbon – May to September
Out Jazz marks the arrival of summer. Out Jazz is a series of free open-air concerts in the city’s beautiful parks, taking place every Friday and Sunday they include live music and DJs, it’s a fantastic free outdoor party.
Rock in Rio
2014 marks Rock in Rios 10th anniversary in Lisbon. Every two years, Rock in Rio comes to Lisbon as one of the biggest music festivals in the world. Headlining in 2014 are so far Arcade Fire and Justin Timberlake. The festival has a strong focus on creating awareness about environmental issues.
June
Festas de Lisboa (Lisbon Festivities) – 1-30
June is the month of parties, in honour of the city's patron saint – Santo António. Lisbon comes alive with party goers. The neighbourhoods of Alfama and Bairro Alto are colourfully decorated for the occasion and free concerts and free street parties are available throughout the city. Locals and visitors alike feast on freshly-grilled sardines and enjoy the lively festivities around the city!
July
Super Bock Super Rock Music Festival
Super Bock Super Rock is one of the largest festivals in Portugal, headlined by the world’s biggest acts in rock, pop, metal and electronic music, the weekend Promises sun, sea and rock ‘n roll.
Optimus Alive Music Festival
Located in the city of Lisbon Optimus Alive is another of Portugals largest festivals. Last years headliners were Green Day, Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon and Steve Aoki, another 3 days ofthe best rock, pop and DJ superstars from around the world. Pink Monkey are offering a Lisbon Stag or Lisbon Hen weekend including entry to the 2014 festival, click here for more information.
December
New Year’s Eve Party
NYE in Lisbon is wonderful affair, the city marks the event with free concerts street entertainment and fireworks.
Lisbon Fun Facts
Lisbon is actually older than Rome!
According to some historians around 4 centuries older making it the second oldest European capital, the first being Athens
Lisbon’s landmark icon, the Torre de Belém, was just a …
a customs office, although it did start out as a defence tower it has also been a jail, a lighthouse and also a telegraph post. Its the most attractive telegraph post Pink Monkey have seen!
The Tagus is river is Iberia's largest
At up to 14Km wide, is said to be large enough to contain all the warships in the world. Pink Monkey cannot arrange warships but we can arrange a yacht hire on the Tagus for your Lisbon Stag Weekend or Lisbon Hen Weekend.
Lisbonians like to bath naked!
OK maybe not in this century but in previous centuries, one local tradition was for the (daring) people of Lisbon to take their weekly baths by descending the steps of the Praça do Comércio to bathe nude in the river, causing and right old scandal at the time.
Lisbonians’ are bathed in sunlight Lisbon has one of the mildest climates in Europe.
The city is considered to be the sunniest capital in Europe, with an annual average of 2900-3300 hours of sunshine. Perfect city to hit the beach on your Hen Party in Lisbon.
The people of Lisbon are officially mad about football
Benfica football club is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest number of fans for any global football club with an estimated total of 14 million worldwide and over 170,000 registered paying supporters. Why not join them on Stag Party in Lisbon, Pink Monkey can arrange tickets during your stay.
Lisbon was destroyed
On the 1st November 1755 as a massive earthquake hit Lisbon and very nearly destroyed it. Tipping the scales at 8.9 took the lives of 40,000 people and could be felt as far away as Scotland and Norway. The area of Alfama was the only area to remain standing. Lisbon is “the town of seven hills” Lisbon is actually built on 7 hills which are: Castelo, Graca, Monte, Penha de Franca, S.Pedro de Alcantara, Santa Catarina and Estrela.
According to some historians around 4 centuries older making it the second oldest European capital, the first being Athens
Lisbon’s landmark icon, the Torre de Belém, was just a …
a customs office, although it did start out as a defence tower it has also been a jail, a lighthouse and also a telegraph post. Its the most attractive telegraph post Pink Monkey have seen!
The Tagus is river is Iberia's largest
At up to 14Km wide, is said to be large enough to contain all the warships in the world. Pink Monkey cannot arrange warships but we can arrange a yacht hire on the Tagus for your Lisbon Stag Weekend or Lisbon Hen Weekend.
Lisbonians like to bath naked!
OK maybe not in this century but in previous centuries, one local tradition was for the (daring) people of Lisbon to take their weekly baths by descending the steps of the Praça do Comércio to bathe nude in the river, causing and right old scandal at the time.
Lisbonians’ are bathed in sunlight Lisbon has one of the mildest climates in Europe.
The city is considered to be the sunniest capital in Europe, with an annual average of 2900-3300 hours of sunshine. Perfect city to hit the beach on your Hen Party in Lisbon.
The people of Lisbon are officially mad about football
Benfica football club is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest number of fans for any global football club with an estimated total of 14 million worldwide and over 170,000 registered paying supporters. Why not join them on Stag Party in Lisbon, Pink Monkey can arrange tickets during your stay.
Lisbon was destroyed
On the 1st November 1755 as a massive earthquake hit Lisbon and very nearly destroyed it. Tipping the scales at 8.9 took the lives of 40,000 people and could be felt as far away as Scotland and Norway. The area of Alfama was the only area to remain standing. Lisbon is “the town of seven hills” Lisbon is actually built on 7 hills which are: Castelo, Graca, Monte, Penha de Franca, S.Pedro de Alcantara, Santa Catarina and Estrela.
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