Program outline


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Application form and Requisites

Application Form:

- Online Application Form http://bit.ly/rotaractportugaltrip2011


Requisites to be a participant:

- correctly submit application (available until 26th June)
- be legally licensed to stay in Europe
- be a Rotaract member
- respect the Rules of Participation
- pay the fee of participation
- guarantee travel to Portugal
- have a travel insurance
- speak english fluently



Fee of participation:          200 Euros

After being formally accepted, you will receive:

- survival guide: with Portugal info, program details, "how to arrive", participation rules
- invitation letter (by mail, not e-mail) - just after Fee payment, IF asked

Contacts




Distrit 1960 website:
www.rotaract1960.org/

Distrit 1970 website:
www.rotaract1970.org/


More informations:
rotaractportugaltrip2011@sapo.pt

Portugal Rotaract Trip 2010


"Rotaract Portugal Trip 2010" began on 31st July, with 20 international participants from 14 nationalities. This cultural exchange, organized by the Rotaract clubs of Castelo Branco, Lisboa-Olivais and Sintra, appeared with the challenge that this organization launched the clubs towards internationalization.

Rotaract Club of Castelo Branco received this initiative, from 31st July to 4th August, in Ribeira da Isna de S. Carlos, in Proença a Nova, in the form of a camp.

In this camp the highlight was the international dinner, where each participant has to know their food and where everyone could taste diverse dishes that were prepared by the participants.

After this, they followed to Lisbon where they were received by the Rotaract club of Lisboa-Olivais, being guided by the city, Parque das Nações and Belém, where they got to know the history of our capital. The trip ended in Sintra, with a visit to the village and Seteais, and a trip to the beach.

This trip has made us more international, more open to understanding other cultures and to consider that friendship and generosity are values ​​common to all peoples and cultures.



















Join us!!!

Rotaract clubs of Portugal, invite 20 Rotaractors to an amazing adventure - Rotaract Portugal Trip 2011!

This will take place in summer, from 27th August to 4th September.
During this week, we will show you some of what our country has to offer with an interesting, enjoyable and exciting program that you definitely don’t want to miss!

Be prepared to a trip with cultural cities full of history, traditional villages, magnificent natural
landscapes and lots of fun!
This Trip was first organized last year, where we hosted several different nationalities, and we hope that this year we can count with YOU!

Portugal


Situated in the extreme southwest of Europe, Continental Portugal is bordered only with another country, Spain. To the north, the landscape is mountainous in the interior areas with uplands, interspersed with areas that enable the development of agriculture. In the south, up to Algarve, the terrain is mainly characterized by plains.

In addition to Continental Portugal, part of the national territory the Açores and Madeira.

Portugal has the shape of a rectangle, with 561 km long and 218 km wide.

It has a Mediterranean climate with Atlantic influences. Autumn and winter are typically windy, rainy and cool, being colder in the northern and central districts of the country.
Typically, the months of spring and summer are sunny and temperatures are high during the dry months of July and August.

The snow occurs regularly in the north during winter and reduces its occurrence in the south, until it became non-existent in most of Algarve.

Portugal became an independent country in 1143. It was a monarchy for 767 years, which ended in 1910, with the Founding of the Republic.
Portugal's population is approximately 11 million inhabitants and its official language is Portuguese.