It is a great honor for the Dark Sky® Association to see its work recognized in favor of more sustainable destinations and its destination Dark Sky® Alqueva receive the European Nature Destination award. Recognizing that astrotourism is a product that captures the luxury market without...
The Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories list was unveiled during the 6th edition of the Global Green Destinations Days In 2021, Dark Sky® Alqueva reaches for the second year the Sustainable Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories. The new tourists need space, less people around them, more nature and meaningful...
This week the 2021 International Travels Awards were released and Dark Sky® has just won two more international awards. Dark Sky® Alqueva received the Europe's Best Tourism Destination 2021 trophy, while its Official Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, located in Aldeia da Cumeada, in Reguengos de...
Following the beginning of the year which has made us feel honored and thankful for continuing to receive the recognition from several institutions, it is with great joy that we share our news. Dark Sky® Alqueva was won the European Award for Best Practices 2020...
The start of the year 2021 has not brought any relief to tourism and we are not even sure when it will recover, so news such as the one we have received, leaves us honored and strongly contributes towards regaining our strength in these difficult...
Two days before the end of 2020, a year that will certainly be marked in history, Dark Sky® Alqueva has just won two more international awards from the International Travel Awards. Dark Sky® Alqueva received the Europe's Best Emerging Destination 2020 trophy, while its Official...
In 2020, Dark Sky® Alqueva reaches the Sustainable Top 100 Destinations in an atypical year where rural destinations achieved and conquered an important role. Tourists needed space, less people around them, more nature and meaningful travels, and Dark Sky® Alqueva with its partners can offer...
Today, the Business Intelligence Group awarded Dark Sky® Alqueva/ Associação Dark Sky® with the Sustainability Leadership Award in the 2020 Sustainability Awards program. The Sustainability Awards honor those people, teams and organizations who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice or overall mission. In the...
On these difficult days which all of us are facing it is very important to receive good news! With great honor we announce that the Dark Sky® Association just received the ACQ5 Country Awards 2020, as “Portugal - Best Practice Operator of the Year, Astrotourism,...
The Dark Sky® Association, located in Portugal, has achieved two recognitions in the same year of 2020, for its great performance and business leadership, THE BIZZ Award and THE PEAK OF SUCCESS Award. These recognitions will be granted on November 26, 2020 in the gala ceremony to be...