Athletes choose Portugal for their training periods

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1 Pág: 32 Área: 21,94 x 31,04 cm² Corte: 1 de 9 Sport Athletes choose Portugal for their training periods

2 Pág: 33 Área: 21,94 x 31,02 cm² Corte: 2 de 9 In the next pages we ll suggest two locations in Portugal where training becomes a pleasure. In the centre region of the country or in the south, these two units have in common the excellence, quality service and perfect incorporation in nature

3 Pág: 34 Área: 21,92 x 29,64 cm² Corte: 3 de 9 Montebelo Aguieira Lake Resort & Spa Paradise for nautical sports The extended range of services has called the attention of some national sports teams that look for training facilities I n a unique setting in the dazzling landscape of the Aguieira Dam, in the centre region of Portugal, between Viseu and Coimbra cities, Montebelo Aguieira Lake Resort & Spa is a 5-star tourist resort that introduces a new kind of tourism, leisure and accommodation concept. The facility has an 86-acre area, including 152 modern apartments and villas ranging from 1 to 4- rooms. We have all the services and facilities of a Premium hotel. This is the perfect place to spend the weekend or enjoy an unforgettable holidays with family or friends or simply to spend some resting moments, stated António Machado Matos, general manager of Montebelo Hotels. Benefitting from a dream scenario and the architecture designed to live in harmony with nature, the hotel also makes available a residential offer for guests who wish to have a dream house. Much more than just wellness, here guests will find a surprising locale! The beauty of the surrounding areas gets blends with the delicious flavors of the traditional cuisine and wines of the region, also stated the manager. The menu is based on the traditional ingredients that recall the home cooking scenario. The wine producing richness of the Dão region will allow guests

4 Pág: 35 Área: 21,02 x 27,67 cm² Corte: 4 de 9 Montebelo has152 modern apartments and villas ranging from 1 to 4-rooms

5 Pág: 36 Área: 20,83 x 27,07 cm² Corte: 5 de 9 Montebelo Aguieira is a 5-star tourist resort that introduces a new kind of tourism, leisure and accommodation concept to enjoy high-quality wines, especially Casa da Índia, produced by Visabeira Turismo. Montebelo Aguieira Lake Resort & Spa is an area to all kinds of guests from families on holidays to couples looking for a romantic getaway. We also have rooms for business events with all facilities necessary to welcome meetings, press conferences, etc., he explained. The extended range of services has called the attention of some national sports teams that look for training facilities. The conditions of Aguieira Lake Resort include a marina with capacity to 400 vessels, a lagoon for water sports, gym, maintenance and horse riding circuits. The French and Norwegian national canoeing teams, for example, chose this hotel to intensively prepare for the next canoeing European championship. Professional athletes stay here to benefit from the calm waters of Aguieira and all above mentioned conditions of the resort. All indications show the resort will become a large international training centre for canoeing, and also for other water sports, disclosed Machado Matos. In the next few days, and given this window of opportunity, the Olympic Portuguese canoeing team will also perform its preseason training pe - riod at Montebelo Aguieira. Furthermore, a national and international market is emerging of canoeing fans that look for new places to practice this sport.

6 Pág: 37 Área: 20,78 x 26,34 cm² Corte: 6 de 9 The site of Aguieira Lake Resort, located in the banks of Aguieira Dam, allows access to several recreational and leisure activities that have been the main calling card for all guests that enjoy a true contact with nature. With family or friends, there are many activities available: catamaran tours for 15 passengers with a light snack served on board while touring Mondego, Dão and Criz river areas; water sports, panoramic swimming pool, spa, gym, tennis court, cycling rides, children's park, track for radio-controlled cars, horse riding, golf course (27-holes) about 30 min from the resort. Soon the resort will also have a diving centre, a faci - lity new in the region. Aguieira Lake Resort is located in the banks of Aguieira Dam

7 Pág: 38 Área: 21,80 x 27,31 cm² Corte: 7 de 9 Herdade da Cortesia A timeless hotel Its location harmoniously combined with nature and the availability to fulfill the guests wishes have been important reasons to convince several sports teams to hold their training periods in this hotel. The 4-star unit Herdade da Cortesia Hotel located in Avis, just a 2-hour ride from Lisbon, is only one year old. The project was born at the hands of two Portuguese sailors who in 1997 planted the roots. The first conversations and contacts with international Olympic paddling teams concerning the construction of a high-quality hotel with the perfect conditions to practice sports led some promoters of the project to the early building of the company Avizaqcua Team Center. Although they knew the hotel infrastructures still hadn t been created, there was a sudden interest on part of some Olympic teams to try the facilities at Vila de Avis and Maranhão Dam as a practice centre. The Herdade da Cortesia Hotel has 30 rooms. The ground floor comprises all guest rooms over three different areas and the first floor includes the bar, the restaurant and the kitchen of the hotel. Facilities include an outdoor 25m length swimming pool.

8 Pág: 39 Área: 21,02 x 27,19 cm² Corte: 8 de 9 The resort is different because of its innovative architecture, fully incorporated in the surrounding environment, and also because of the high-quality of the energy efficiency, acoustic characteristics and renewable energies using the most recent technologies. Our hotel invests in the timeless concept. Guests determine the way the hotel works. We never say no. Everything is carried out according to the guests and what they are looking for. The most difficult requests are not a problem but a challenge and an opportunity to make a difference. Here breakfast can be served at any time, that is our motto, stated Luis Ahrens. Sports national teams and individual athletes see this project as the perfect place to practice paddling, canoeing, cycling, triathlon and horse riding. The natural conditions and features of the hotel are the ingredients that guarantee the sustainability of the demand of our target market he stated. As for meeting tourism also known as corporate tourism besides the conditions the hotel provides to host meetings and training activities, there s also the gastronomic heritage the Alentejo region has to offer. As for leisure tourism, reality includes the offer of great tranquillity moments, wellness and comfort that this unique facility can provide. Also, the region of Alto Alentejo is included in the traditional touristic tours. The best national paddling teams in the world such as Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden have performed training periods in the hotel. Last February, for example, 12 athletes were lodged at the hotel during the same period, all with Olympic medals for their victories, five of which gold. Boat rides, boat dinners, donkey rides, horse riding classes, horse riding and chart riding, balloon tours are just a few examples of the possible activities available for those staying at the hotel.

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