A tourist at home: Away from the crowds, we explore a traditional winery and an ideal spot for a meal or snack for this season
Aug12

A tourist at home: Away from the crowds, we explore a traditional winery and an ideal spot for a meal or snack for this season

Embrace the opportunity to be a tourist at home and discover the hidden treasures that lie just off the beaten path – August 13, 2024 | Text Marie Patterson | Photos Charlotte Cockayne/Open Media Group Although we spend most of the year looking forward to the warm summer days, sometimes the months of July and August can get a little too much, and some well-deserved serenity is needed, away from the bustling summer crowds. So, on this...

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Ocean restaurant receives highest award from Boa Cama Boa Mesa guide
Apr19

Ocean restaurant receives highest award from Boa Cama Boa Mesa guide

Vila Vita Parc’s Ocean restaurant was awarded the ‘Platinum Fork’ for the fourth year straight in the ‘Boa Cama Boa Mesa’ restaurant-hotel guide – April 19, 2022 With two Michelin stars, Vila Vita Parc’s Ocean restaurant, headed by chef Hans Neuner, has been awarded a ‘Platinum Fork’ for the fourth year straight in Expresso’s ‘Boa Cama Boa Mesa’ restaurant-hotel guide. And the five-star resort in Porches also...

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Michelin Star Bon Bon restaurant delights guests with new flavours
Apr07

Michelin Star Bon Bon restaurant delights guests with new flavours

After retaining its Michelin star for the 7th consecutive year, Bon Bon restaurant is ready to delight guests with new flavours – April 7, 2022 Bon Bon has maintained its star for seven years on the trot, the only one-Michelin-star restaurant in the region to do so. Owner Nuno Diogo celebrated the restaurant’s accomplishment: “It is an award that leaves us proud, but that should also leave Lagoa proud for having a restaurant of...

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Vila Vita Parc’s Ocean Restaurant reopens with New Menu
Mar04

Vila Vita Parc’s Ocean Restaurant reopens with New Menu

Two-Michelin-starred Ocean Restaurant opens with a new “Route of India” Menu – March 4, 2022 Ocean Restaurant starts the new season with “Route of India“, taking diners on a journey with sojourns in Cape Verde, Ghana and Mozambique to Goa.  The new menu is described as an exploration of the richness of flavours and ingredients characteristic of each area and, above all, of the influence brought by the caravels of the golden period of...

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Chef Hans Neuner to host live cooking event at Estoril Open Tournament
Jan24

Chef Hans Neuner to host live cooking event at Estoril Open Tournament

Algarve chef Hans Neuner receives ‘wildcard’ to cook at Estoril Open tennis tournament – January 24, 2021 Chef Hans Neuner from the two-Michelin star restaurant Ocean at Vila Vita Parc Resort in Porches has been invited to host a live night-time cooking event on April 29 for the guests of the Millennium Estoril Open tennis tournament in Cascais. Using the kitchen at Slice Restaurant, the chef will be serving dishes inspired by...

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Chef Hans Neuner receives third straight ‘Platinum Fork’ award
Jun15

Chef Hans Neuner receives third straight ‘Platinum Fork’ award

Chef Hans Neuner from the prestigious two-Michelin star restaurant Ocean at Vila Vita Parc Resort in Porches has been awarded a ‘Platinum Fork’ for the third year straight in Expresso’s ‘Boa Cama Boa Mesa’ restaurant-hotel guide. The resort also received a ‘Platinum Key’ in the hotel category of the awards. “This prize is recognition of the dedication and work of the whole team, which every day wants to perfect its knowledge about the...

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Bon Bon is back
May11

Bon Bon is back

New chef and a new start for Carvoeiro’s only Michelin-starred restaurant – May 11, 2021 Getting ready to open Bon Bon for this season, owner Nuno Diogo was faced with the challenge of finding another chef and team. His last chef, Louis Anjos, moved on to pastures new at the beginning of the year but there was no shortage of candidates and he settled on José Lopes, a 31-year-old who appears to have the experience and the team...

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Ocean restaurant’s new menu celebrates Portuguese cuisine
Jul23

Ocean restaurant’s new menu celebrates Portuguese cuisine

Vila Vita Parc’s two-Michelin-star Ocean restaurant reopened on July 1 with a new menu that celebrates “typical Portuguese flavours, ingredients and recipes from all over the country” and highlights the “diverse richness of the Portuguese gastronomy.” Says the resort, the new menu will take diners on a “gastronomic journey through Portugal, discovering a colourful array of regional and national dishes”. It features seven dishes, each...

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New chef at Bon Bon
Apr12

New chef at Bon Bon

Chef Louis Anjos takes the reins at Carvoeiro’s Michelin-starred Bon Bon restaurant The only restaurant in the Carvoeiro area with a Michelin star, awarded in 2016, Bon Bon has placed the town firmly on the gastronomic map, and owner Nuno Diogo has plans to build on the reputation with important changes taking place this year. Exit chef Rui Silvestre, who has moved on to pursue his own projects, and enter one of Portugal’s most...

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