{
  "country": "Portugal",
  "code": "PT",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-13",
  "source": "https://happychef.cloud/en/press-contacts/pt.html",
  "national": {
    "description": "Portugal's national press is compact but food-attentive: quality dailies Público, Diário de Notícias, Jornal de Notícias and Correio da Manhã all run lifestyle and dining coverage, while Expresso's weekly restaurant and hotel guide Boa Cama Boa Mesa is the country's most influential dining authority. Newsweeklies Visão and Sábado add consumer lifestyle reach, and the hospitality trade is served directly by Publituris and Fórum Turismo. Public broadcaster RTP and news radio TSF round out national broadcast coverage of food and dining.",
    "tip": "Boa Cama Boa Mesa (Expresso) is the single most influential outlet for restaurant credibility in Portugal, followed by Publituris for trade-facing hospitality news and Público for quality daily coverage.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "Público",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.publico.pt",
        "notes": "Leading Portuguese quality daily; its Fugas supplement covers travel, lifestyle and dining"
      },
      {
        "name": "Diário de Notícias",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.dn.pt",
        "notes": "One of Portugal's oldest and most influential national dailies"
      },
      {
        "name": "Jornal de Notícias",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.jn.pt",
        "notes": "Porto-headquartered, one of Portugal's largest-circulation national dailies"
      },
      {
        "name": "Expresso",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://expresso.pt",
        "notes": "Leading national weekly; publisher of the Boa Cama Boa Mesa restaurant/hotel guide"
      },
      {
        "name": "Correio da Manhã",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.cmjornal.pt",
        "notes": "Portugal's highest-circulation daily newspaper"
      },
      {
        "name": "Boa Cama Boa Mesa",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://boacamaboamesa.expresso.pt",
        "notes": "Portugal's best-known annual restaurant and hotel guide, published by Expresso"
      },
      {
        "name": "Visão",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://visao.sapo.pt",
        "notes": "Leading national newsweekly magazine"
      },
      {
        "name": "Sábado",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.sabado.pt",
        "notes": "Major national newsweekly magazine"
      },
      {
        "name": "Notícias Magazine",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.noticiasmagazine.pt",
        "notes": "Sunday lifestyle magazine distributed with DN and JN"
      },
      {
        "name": "Publituris",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://publituris.pt",
        "notes": "Portugal's leading travel and tourism trade publication, regularly covers restaurants and hotels"
      },
      {
        "name": "Fórum Turismo",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://forumturismo.pt",
        "notes": "Tourism and hospitality trade news site"
      },
      {
        "name": "Agência Lusa",
        "type": "wire",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.lusa.pt",
        "notes": "Portugal's national news wire agency"
      },
      {
        "name": "RTP",
        "type": "tv",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.rtp.pt",
        "notes": "Public broadcaster; produces cooking and food lifestyle programming"
      },
      {
        "name": "TSF Rádio Notícias",
        "type": "radio",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.tsf.pt",
        "notes": "Major national news radio station"
      }
    ]
  },
  "regions": [
    {
      "id": "lisboa-area",
      "name": "Lisbon area",
      "nativeName": "Lisboa",
      "description": "Lisbon's dining scene is closely tracked by digital-native newspaper Observador, lifestyle platform Time Out Lisboa (which also runs Time Out Market Lisboa) and city blog Lisboa Secreta, alongside free daily Destak.",
      "tip": "Time Out Lisboa is the top pitch for restaurant openings and events in the capital; Lisboa Secreta is a strong secondary contact for buzzy, shareable stories.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Observador",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://observador.pt",
          "notes": "Lisbon-based online-only newspaper with active lifestyle/culture coverage"
        },
        {
          "name": "Time Out Lisboa",
          "type": "magazine",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.timeout.com/lisbon",
          "notes": "Dining and lifestyle guide; runs Time Out Market Lisboa"
        },
        {
          "name": "Lisboa Secreta",
          "type": "blog",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://lisboasecreta.co",
          "notes": "Popular Lisbon lifestyle and restaurant-discovery blog"
        },
        {
          "name": "Destak",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.destak.pt",
          "notes": "Free daily newspaper distributed in Lisbon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "porto-north",
      "name": "Porto / North",
      "nativeName": "Porto / Norte",
      "description": "Porto and the North are anchored by Jornal de Notícias, one of Portugal's largest dailies, alongside regional broadcaster Porto Canal and Time Out Porto, which runs the popular Time Out Market Porto.",
      "tip": "Time Out Porto is the best-placed outlet for restaurant and dining stories in the city; Jornal de Notícias offers broader regional newspaper reach.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Jornal de Notícias",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.jn.pt",
          "notes": "Headquartered in Porto; leading voice for the North region"
        },
        {
          "name": "Porto Canal",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.portocanal.pt",
          "notes": "Regional TV channel for Porto and the North, covers dining and hospitality features"
        },
        {
          "name": "Time Out Porto",
          "type": "magazine",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.timeout.com/porto",
          "notes": "Dining and lifestyle guide; runs Time Out Market Porto"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "algarve",
      "name": "Algarve",
      "nativeName": "Algarve",
      "description": "The Algarve's tourism-driven dining scene is covered by independent news site Sul Informação, established regional newspaper Barlavento, and regional platform Algarve Vivo.",
      "tip": "Sul Informação and Barlavento are the two most established outlets for Algarve restaurant and hospitality news.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Sul Informação",
          "type": "blog",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://sulinformacao.pt",
          "notes": "Leading independent Algarve news website"
        },
        {
          "name": "Barlavento",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.barlavento.pt",
          "notes": "Established regional newspaper for the Algarve"
        },
        {
          "name": "Algarve Vivo",
          "type": "blog",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://algarvevivo.pt",
          "notes": "Algarve regional news and lifestyle site"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "centro",
      "name": "Centro",
      "nativeName": "Centro",
      "description": "The Centro region is served by local dailies Diário de Coimbra and Diário de Aveiro, plus Jornal de Leiria, each covering restaurant and lifestyle news in their respective cities.",
      "tip": "Diário de Coimbra is the strongest pick for restaurant news around Coimbra; Diário de Aveiro covers the Aveiro area well.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Diário de Coimbra",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diariocoimbra.pt",
          "notes": "Leading daily for the Coimbra/Centro region"
        },
        {
          "name": "Diário de Aveiro",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diarioaveiro.pt",
          "notes": "Regional daily covering Aveiro and the Centro region"
        },
        {
          "name": "Jornal de Leiria",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.jornaldeleiria.pt",
          "notes": "Regional newspaper for the Leiria/Centro area"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "alentejo",
      "name": "Alentejo",
      "nativeName": "Alentejo",
      "description": "Alentejo's regional press includes Diário do Alentejo, Diário do Sul and O Alentejo, long-established outlets covering the region's food, wine and rural tourism scene.",
      "tip": "Diário do Alentejo is the most established regional outlet to approach first for restaurant and food-tourism stories in the area.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Diário do Alentejo",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://diariodoalentejo.pt",
          "notes": "Regional newspaper for the Alentejo"
        },
        {
          "name": "Diário do Sul",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diariodosul.pt",
          "notes": "Regional daily covering the Évora/southern Alentejo area"
        },
        {
          "name": "O Alentejo",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.oalentejo.pt",
          "notes": "Long-established regional newspaper for the Alentejo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}