André Jordan, the businessman who led several tourism projects in Portugal, died on 9 February, aged 90, at his home in Belas Clube de Campo, leaving four.
World s 10 best city tram and street car rides
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ST CHARLES STREETCAR, NEW ORLEANS, USA
Sashaying along St Charles Avenue through a tunnel of southern live oaks, this historic streetcar takes in antebellum mansions, two universities, lovely Audubon Park and some of the USA s prettiest civic architecture. Vintage streetcars built almost a century ago still operate on this 21-kilometre line, the world s longest in continual operation. From the French Quarter, cross Canal Street at Bourbon which becomes Carondolet Street, hop aboard and enjoy 45 minutes of eye candy. See neworleans.com
TRAM ROUTE 28, LISBON, PORTUGAL
This clanking, 1930s-era tram threads through the city between Campo de Ourique and Martim Moniz, through wide esplanades and narrow streets, taking in some of the city s cultural treasures as well as quiet neighbourhoods. Highlights include the Castle of St George, the historic Graca quarter, now restored to its former glory, the bohemian
Christmas Songs of Portugal
An interesting collection of Portuguese Christmas songs from the Folkways Collection of the Smithsonian Institute. Any anthology of music for Christmas would be incomplete without the inclusion of the work of Fernando Lopes-Graça who is considered by many to be the outstanding composer of the 20
th century. Starting at the age of only fourteen as a pianist in the Cine-Teatro of Tomar his musical career was chequered by his political activities as an opponent of the fascist regime. This resulted in the continuous harassment of his studies at conservatoires in Portugal and France including both banishment and imprisonment .