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Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça Five-Star Hotel Plan With Over €4 Million in Back Rent — 2019 Estamo Concession at €1.79 Million a Year Slips Into a Reequilíbrio Financeiro Review as a 1,000-Signature Petition Pushes for Revocation

Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça Five-Star Hotel Plan With Over €4 Million in Back Rent — 2019 Estamo Concession at €1.79 Million a Year Slips Into a Reequilíbrio Financeiro Review as a 1,000-Signature Petition Pushes for Revocation

The Quartel da Graça, the early-nineteenth-century barracks complex perched above one of Lisbon's most photographed miradouros, was supposed to reopen by now as a five-star Sana hotel. Almost seven years after the Sana group signed the 2019...
The Portugal Brief
Modern luxury villa with infinity pool — illustration of the high-end hospitality and branded-residences inventory at the centre of the Fasano Cascais rebuild on the Quinta da Marinha estate.

Fortitude and BTG Pactual Pour €200 Million+ Into a Fasano-Branded Rebuild of The Oitavos in Cascais — 90 Rooms, 40 Branded Residences and a Q4 2028 Opening on the Champalimaud-Era Quinta da Marinha Estate

Fortitude Capital and BTG Pactual have wrapped JHSF's Fasano brand around the former The Oitavos in Cascais — a €200 million-plus rebuild on the Champalimaud-built Quinta da Marinha estate, framed as 90 hotel rooms and 40 branded residences with a Q4 2028 opening.
The Portugal Brief
Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos Clear the Air Invictus Aerial Festival for 19-21 June — €7.5 Million Stack, €5.4 Million Public Anchor and a 1 Million-Visitor Read Frame the Douro Air-Race Calendar

Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos Clear the Air Invictus Aerial Festival for 19-21 June — €7.5 Million Stack, €5.4 Million Public Anchor and a 1 Million-Visitor Read Frame the Douro Air-Race Calendar

The Air Invictus aerial festival opens its three-day run on 19 June 2026 across the four Greater Porto municipalities of Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos, with the bulk of the flying programme staged over the Douro estuary between the...
The Portugal Brief
Diário da República Inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres as a Certified Caminho de Santiago Route — Sernancelhe-to-Valença Line Threads Alto Douro Vinhateiro, the Guimarães Historic Centre and 15 Municipalities Across Two UNESCO Sites

Diário da República Inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres as a Certified Caminho de Santiago Route — Sernancelhe-to-Valença Line Threads Alto Douro Vinhateiro, the Guimarães Historic Centre and 15 Municipalities Across Two UNESCO Sites

A portaria published in the Diário da República on 12 June 2026 inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres into the official Caminho de Santiago network, running from Sernancelhe to Valença across 15 municipalities and two UNESCO sites.
The Portugal Brief