Vilamoura “back up for sale” – this time in pieces
After all the fine words about a “billion euro investment plan” that would “strengthen and revive” Vilamoura – making it “Europe’s leading resort” with as many as 10,000 homes, five
Gastronomy lovers meet in Portimão
Around 300 food lovers from Portugal, Spain and Italy will meet in Portimão on Friday and Saturday (October 6-7) for the 19th Chapter and 13th Grand Chapter of the Algarve’s
Monarch Airlines collapse “will have tremendous financial impact” on Algarve
Conflicting local opinions have followed the high-profile collapse this week of Britain’s fifth largest carrier, Monarch Airlines (click here). As holidaymakers are airlifted home in the largest repatriation effort since
Warning launched as bathing season comes to an end
Portugal’s maritime authority (ANM) has launched a warning directed at beachgoers now that the country’s official bathing season has ended in many parts of the country even though the weather
Countdown begins for third ‘Moving to Portugal’ seminar
The countdown has started for the third ‘Moving to Portugal’ seminar, to be held on Monday, October 23 at the Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel in central London. The ‘Moving to
IKEA’s Designer Outlet unveils new centre manager
ROS Retail Outlet Shopping has announced Miguel Paraíso Guerreiro as the general manager of Designer Outlet Algarve, the mega fashion complex opening this autumn at the IKEA site in Loulé.
Police investigate destruction of speed radar near Algarve Shopping
GNR police are investigating the destruction of a speed radar on the EN125 road near the Algarve Shopping in Guia. The device was installed before this summer by the national
An honourable mention
To be screened by the Algarve History Association (AHA) as part of a talk on the development of train transport, the ‘Diesel Maiden’ is an acclaimed documentary made by a
Starbucks to open at Mar Shopping and Forum Algarve
American coffee shop chain Starbucks is arriving in the Algarve with two coffeehouses. One will be opening at the Mar Shopping Algarve in Loulé and the other at Forum Algarve
Soccer legend Wayne Rooney buys “new home in Algarve to save marriage”
With his marriage purportedly “hanging by a thread” since a recent drunk-driving incident in UK, soccer legend Wayne Rooney has been trying to save it by buying pregnant wife Coleen