Upcoming events

Future Plans

  • 16.30, Saturday 23 May 2026. We will have a guided visit to the Palácio Nacional de Belém, the residence of the Portuguese president. Prior to that members will have an opportunity to visit the museum. 

  • 19-21 June 2026. A guided trip to the Ribatejo area. This will mainly follow the footsteps of Ginnie Dennistoun, a British lady who left England to become a bullfighter in Portugal in the 1960s. The trip will include the villages of Chamusca, Golegã (to visit the Casa Estúdio Carlos Relvas), and Alpiarça (to visit Casa de Patudos, the home of José Relvas, son of Carlos Relvas), as well as Santarém. For more info.
  • 11.30, Saturday 11 July. Dom Carlos Restaurant at Areia, Cascais. Annual General Meeting and talk by Riccardo Sciolti on  Dynastic connections between Italy and Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula…. and more!

Latest Newsletter

In this issue we look at the BBC's broadcasts to Portugal during World War II. A second main article reproduces part of the diaries of Prince William of Orange who joined the British Army in 1811. Other features include an article about an Irish doctor who investigated a yellow-fever outbreak in Lisbon in the 1850s. Our quiz question asks whether you know what "Para Inglês Ver" means. 

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