TAP Air Portugal’s Portugal Stopover has again been named, for the sixth consecutive year, the world’s best Stopover program by Global Traveler magazine at the 12th edition of the Leisure Lifestyle Awards, at a ceremony held this week in Philadelphia, USA.    

In 2023, 214,000 travelers added a free stopover of up to 10 days in Lisbon or Porto to their outbound or return journey.  Some 20 percent of those travelers originated from the United States of America.

The most popular final destinations for Stopover customers from the USA were Barcelona, Madrid and Rome. Funchal and Ponta Delgada were also among the top 10 destinations favored by Americans. TAP also makes it possible to make a second stopover in Portugal, offering a 25 percent discount on any domestic flight.

Portugal Stopover customers have access to exclusive offers and discounts at 149 partners across the country, including hotels, restaurants, activities, tours, museums and cultural spaces, shopping and services, among others.

Every year Global Traveler magazine honors the best in the world of leisure and lifestyle travel, rewarding goods, services, destinations, hotels, airlines, airports, cruises and much more. The award winners were selected by a survey of more than 817,000 readers between July 15, 2023 and March 8, 2024.

TAP’s award was accepted by Fernanda Ottavio (left) and Katherine Soares.  The full list of Global Traveler winners can be found here.

About TAP Air Portugal:

Flying since 1945, TAP Air Portugal is Portugal’s leading airline and the world’s leading airline between Europe and Brazil. A member of Star Alliance since 2005, TAP has its hub in Lisbon, providing unmatched access to Europe, Africa, North, Central, and South America.

This winter, TAP is offering more than 1,050 flights weekly to 80 cities in 30 countries through its network of destinations, comprising 10 in North America, 12 in Central and South America, 13 in Africa and the Middle East and 45 in Europe (including six in Portugal).  From North America, TAP offers 77 weekly flights; 60 from seven airports in the USA (New York’s JFK, Newark, Boston, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Washington-Dulles) to Portugal (Lisbon and Porto), 12 flights from Canada’s Toronto and Montreal and five flights from Cancun, in Mexico, to Lisbon.

TAP has made a clear commitment to modernizing its fleet and offering the best product in the sector for its customers. The Portuguese airline operates one of the youngest fleets in the world, with all Airbus’ next generation NEO aircraft: A330neo, A321LR, A320neo and A321neo, with superior efficiency and reduced emission levels. TAP also operates 19 Embraer aircraft in its regional fleet (TAP Express).

TAP is considered by Airline Ratings to be the safest airline in Europe and the sixth safest in the world.  The airline has been named Best Airline in Europe for 13 consecutive years by the readers of Global Traveler magazine.                          

TAP Air Portugal has been recognized and awarded as Europe’s Leading Airline to Africa, as well as Europe’s Leading Airline to South America by the World Travel Awards in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.  TAP is ranked by Airline Ratings among the 25 safest airlines in the world.

Featured image credited to John Walton