This retrospective organized by Experience Design (EXD) may appear like a collection of objects from everyday Portuguese life in recent years. The 420 pieces of “Revolution 99/09″ component, according to Guta Moura Guedes, president of Experience Design, “are more representative of the Portuguese design of the last ten years,” with a clear focus on the future of design , instead of any nostalgia for the past. Apart from the gas cylinder Pluma, designed by Rui Sampaio de Faria, the exhibition, divided between product design and graphic design, contains some products that have come to be ubiquitous (as the machine Qosmo, Daniel Caramelo) or at least recognized by the general public (such as Keybag, Joao Sabino),. This was not the story of a “silent revolution, but an invitation to the discovery of a generation of creators. It is also the part of the new partnership between Experience Design and the Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing (IADE). ”

June 26 – Valença do Minho and Tui / Porriño – Distance: 15 km, Estimated Time: 5 hours l Difficulty: Average

July 3 – Porriño / Redondela – Distance: 16 km, Estimated Time: 4 hours l Difficulty: Low

July 10 – Redondela / Pontevedra – Distance: 18 km, Estimated Time: 5 hours l Difficulty: Low

July 17 – Pontevedra / Caldas de Reis – Distance: 24 km, Estimated Time: 6 hours l Difficulty: Average

July 24 – Caldas de Reis / Padrón – Distance: 19 km, Estimated Time: 5 hours l Difficulty: Low

July 31 – Padrón / Santiago de Compostela – Distance: 24 km, Estimated Time: 6 hours l Difficulty: Average

FLORES
Depending on how you look at it, Europe either begins or ends at the island of Flores, the western-most Azorean island. Along with nearby Corvo, the two islands form the western group of islands of the archipelago. Flores was discovered between 1450 and 1452, but it remained isolated for centuries, really until the airport was constructed there in the 1960s. Only then did Flores develop a stronger connection to the outside world.

Today, the island¹s economy is still based largely on fishing, agriculture and, now, a blossoming tourism industry. Flores is a welcome escape from the modern world. Its slow pace is hard to find anywhere else.

The island is a mix of deep green forests, pastures, and fields. As the name suggests, Flores is always in bloom with wild flowers, including blue hydrangeas and wild cubres (a yellow bloom) grown on seaside cliffs.

The landscape is rugged, with crater lakes and dramatic coastal cliffs and waterfalls–more than any other island in the Atlantic.  The rocky coast of Flores is dotted with still more tiny islands, some home to grazing sheep.

CORVO
Flores¹ sister island, Corvo, is even more isolated and sparsely populated.
It was the last of the Azores islands to be settled, sighted around 1450 and settled, finally, by 1548. The island¹s isolation once led to an interesting trade relationship with pirates‹they were given supplies by the island¹s residents and, in exchange, the pirates protected the residents.

Today, Corvo is home to just a few hundred people ­ all residing in the seaside village of Vila Nova do Campo. Besides this village, the island seems to swirl around a huge crater, 500 feet deep. There are no other towns. Corvo is mostly open hinterland, making it an excellent place for undisturbed hikes and communing with sky and sea. Many visitors also come to Corvo for its excellent scuba diving and fishing.

GRACIOSA
The small and hilly island of Graciosa was discovered in 1450. Soon, the island¹s green fields were drawing people from throughout Portugal and Flanders. And, it got its fist hotel EVER last year.

While Graciosa has not seen volcanic activity in some 500 years, the island has active geysers. Often called ³the white island,² Graciosa has low hills at is center, circling around a series of extinct volcano craters.

Azoreans know Graciosa for its fine wines and brandy produced from Isabela grapes. The island¹s Flemish-inspired windmills are also well known.
Cheesecakes, embroidery and linens are other examples of Graciosa¹s specialties.