Author: Pat The Expat

The name of this publication is Algarve Resident, which implies that it is aimed at a happy band of people both local and foreign who reside in the sunny southern

March was a difficult month to host visitors. Instead of an early spring with plenty of flowers blooming along sunny roadsides on the way to breezy beach cliffs, it rained

There’s a good chance that if you’re reading this article in actual newspaper form, you’re a member of that huge demographic phenomenon known as the Baby Boom. Okay, you actually

It’s been a couple of weeks now since we all resolutely decided to set some newish goals for the New Year of 2018. So how’s that going? My favourite conundrum

I’m not dreaming of a white Christmas. Why would I? I live in the Algarve with the bright sun shining through my picture window as I peck away on my

Not everywhere, but certainly in the Algarve, November is an excellent month to play golf. The two main reasons are that many, but definitely not all, tourists have stopped booking

Everybody in Portugal and many around the world are deeply concerned about the fires burning after an unusually hot and dry summer season. We’re all praying for rain, so everybody

Your pal Pat has been travelling this summer, mainly to get away from the heat that is baking the Algarve. Ironically, one of the places I’ve visited for an extended

Most of the residents of the Algarve know that they live in a very desirable region of Europe, if not the world. Many expats, whether from the British Isles, France,

The sun…the sun…the sun is everywhere. And that’s a good thing since that is the main reason hotels in the Algarve are sold out for the rest of the summer.