Portugal one of the most promising investment destinations
AFTER LAST year’s widely covered ‘Top 20 of the World’, Channel 4’s programme A Place in the Sun narrowed the list to Europe and focused purely on capital gain. And,
Portuguese wine honoured by German magazine
GERMAN WINE magazine, Weinwirtschaft, has elected Portuguese wine Casal Garcia for its list of the Top 100 wines of 2005. The election was based on criteria such as quality, the
Rain insufficient to assuage Algarve’s drought
DESPITE WIDESPREAD reports that the Algarve is no longer in a drought situation, data from the Algarve University reveals that the rainfall in recent months was not sufficient to stop
Reset yourself with the Bowen Technique
NAMED AFTER its innovator Tom Bowen, the Bowen Technique is a gentle, relaxing, complementary therapy that sends messages deep into the body. Therapists move over muscles and connective tissue, using
Revive your wardrobe
IN SPRING last year, we covered the opening of a nearly new women’s fashion boutique in Almancil called Revivals. Discreetly tucked away in the back of the Griffin Bookshop, it
Ride out the highs and lows of investing
IN THE past, you may have held a selection of investments such as equities, bonds and saving deposit accounts. Perhaps you held some from each category at the same time,
Security debated in Faro
MORE THAN 150 participants attended a congress held at Faro’s Conservatório Regional do Algarve recently to debate the issue of security in Portugal and in particular in the Algarve. The
Sheraton Hotel holds tribute to American Club president
• Ambassador to Portugal Al Hoffman and wife Dawn A SPECIAL gala dinner was held last week at the Sheraton Hotel in honour of Blaine Tavares, who is retiring after
Snapshot of three cities
A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition, shown simultaneously in Porto, Lisbon and São Paulo, Brazil, opened on January 20. The exhibition, entitled ‘Here and There’, is organised by the Centro Universitario Senac (Brazil)
Stratford-upon-Avon’s biggest ever festival
Thirty minutes south of Coventry airport is Stratford-upon-Avon, where from April 2006 the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will host The Complete Works, a year long festival of the entire works