Portugal’s motor show moves into top gear
PORTUGAL’S ANNUAL motor show had a few surprises up its sleeve this year for the quarter of a million or so guests who gawked, dribbled and drooled their way through
Quarteira celebrates anniversary
QUARTEIRA IS celebrating the seventh anniversary of its elevation to city status, tomorrow (Saturday, May 13). Loulé Câmara has prepared a vast programme of events to mark the anniversary, including
REITs – The hot property investment for your retirement!
MANY READERS will just be starting to hear the term REITs and will want to know what they are. Expatriates needing to finance long retirement years in the sun will
Renault Five’s rule the world
Saturday April 8 GOING AWAY for a while certainly awakens a new awareness within one. I have never agreed with the expression that familiarity breeds contempt, I do, however, feel
Shaken not stirred …
DRINKING COCKTAILS can be risky. Eddie Clarke, who was the first President of the United Kingdom Bartenders Guild, and won the World Cocktail Championship on three occasions, said there were
State-of-the-art passenger terminal for Santa Apolónia
A NEW swanky passenger terminal serving cruise ships, to include shops, bars and cafés, is to be built near Lisbon’s Santa Apolónia. The 45 million euro project is part of
Super Bock Super Rock XL
NAMED AFTER, and sponsored by well-known Portuguese beer brand, Super Bock, the Super Bock Super Rock XL festival is the first big rock event in Portugal’s music calendar this year
Tourism advertising campaign in Britain
THE ALGARVE Tourist Association is promoting a new, two-month, advertising campaign called Feel The Energy, targeting the British public. Adverts will appear in many British newspapers and supplements, including The
Two new service stations for A22
WHEN DRIVING along the A22 towards Faro after Silves, you always have to check that you have plenty of fuel in the tank, as there is no service station until
Watch out for the new speed traps!
LISBON CÂMARA has given the green light for the introduction of 21 state-of-the-art speed traps to be set up around the city. The council has put the high technology radar