The city of Porto is increasingly recognized internationally. After being named Europe’s Best Emerging Gastronomic Destination at the World Culinary Awards. This time, Porto was distinguished as the Best Metropolitan Seaside Destination.
The distinction was awarded recently at the 31st World Travel Awards ceremony, which took place in Funchal (Madeira). It should be noted that Invicta came out ahead of cities with considerable renown, such as Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Miami (USA), Attica (Greece), Cape Town (South Africa), among others.
Distinctions for Portugal
In this edition of the World Travel Awards, Portugal shone once again with a total of 20 distinctions awarded to various cities, hotels and attractions. And this is the list of national winners:
- Porto named Best Metropolitan Seaside Destination
- Paiva Walkways: despite the fact that they were damaged by this summer’s fires, they were distinguished as Best Adventure Tourism Attraction
- Braga elected Best Emerging Destination
- Madeira receives two awards: Best Island Destination and Best Cruise Terminal
- Azores awarded Best Adventure Tourism Destination
- Algarve named Best Beach Destination
- Lisbon received two awards: Best Urban Getaway Destination and Best World Heritage City
- Savoy Palace voted Best Luxury Hotel
- Saccharum distinguished as Best Retreat Hotel
- The Reserve voted Best Luxury Boutique Hotel
- Dark Sky Alqueva awarded Best Responsible Tourism Project
- Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua named World’s Best Conservation Company
- Dunas Douradas Beach Club (Almancil) is the Best Golf Resort and Villas
- Amazing Evolution distinguished as Best Boutique Hotel Manager
- Olissipo Lapa Palace (Lisbon) voted Best Classic Hotel
- Bairro Alto Hotel (Lisbon) wins the award for Best Historic Landmark Hotel
- TAP is the Best Airline to Africa and the Best Airline to South America