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"New itineraries invite tourists to discover Ribeira Grande"

| Tourism

The “Percorrer Ribeira Grande | Ribeira Grande Walk Through” tourist itineraries were conceived as a strategic tool to publicize Ribeira Grande as a tourist destination and are, above all, aimed at creating itineraries based on the definition of theme routes that are (...)

Ribeira Grande invests on its own stand at the BTL to reach across borders

| Tourism

Ribeira Grande is going to be present with its own stand at the BTL - International Tourism Exhibition, which will be held between March 3rd and 6th at FIL Lisbon, in order to publicize the products and services offered by the municipality, thus investing on the enhancement of it (...)

“Cantar às Estrelas” (Singing under the Stars) is a "striking and distinctive" event in Ribeira Grande

| Culture

The 23rd edition of “Cantar às Estrelas” (singing under the stars) followed the tradition in Ribeira Grande. Thirty-eight groups, incorporating more than two thousand participants, went out to the streets for another parade that continues to show the strong acc (...)

Cantar às Estrelas na Ribeira Grande reúne mais de duas mil pessoas

| Culture

The Tourist Office of Ribeira Grande records a new increase in the number of visitors

| Tourism

The number of tourists who sought information about Ribeira Grande at the municipality's Tourist Office, located in the city centre, grew by more than fifty percent (from 2014 to 2015). Over the past year, 7,037 visits were recorded, of tourists requesting various clarificati (...)

Ribeira Grande celebrates 35 years of a cityhood with strong cultural vibrancy.

| Current

Next June, Ribeira Grande celebrates its 35th anniversary as a city, and to mark the occasion, City Council has prepared an extensive cultural programme which extends throughout the entire year in order to vitalise the city and the municipality.The cultural programme for 2016 was (...)

Barquinha walking trail reinforces Municipality’s bet on hiking

| Tourism

The mayor of Ribeira Grande, Alexandre Gaudêncio inaugurated today the Barquinha walking trail, the third route developed by the municipality this year (already have been opened the trails of the Caldeira Velha and downhill/Bandeirinha), reinforcing the county’s touri (...)

"Pieces of my feeling" opens Friday at the House of the Arcano

| Culture

This Friday, December 18th, at 7.30 pm, the opening of the exhibition "Pieces of my feeling," by Maria de Deus Silvestre, will take place at the House of the Arcano, in Ribeira Grande, an exhibit that will run until February 2nd, 2016.In this exhibition, the artist disp (...)