A Tibetan retreat in the hills of Loulé
IT IS unlikely that many people in the Algarve have ever heard of, or visited, Humkara Dzong, a Tibetan Buddhist centre in Moinho do Malhão, one of the highest points
Sagres Oceanography Centre will go ahead
CONSTRUCTION OF the Sagres Oceanography Centre, a centre for research and education in marine and earth sciences, located close to the Porto da Baleeira, will get underway by the end
Algarve Shorts
On the rocks PRAIA DA Rocha will see two major sports spectacles on its golden sands during the coming month. From August 15 to 20, the beach football ‘Mundialito’(Mini-World Cup)
Surfers endanger swimmers
SOME Beaches around the Algarve are becoming battlefields for control of the waves! On one side, the swimmers are enjoying a dip in the ocean to cool their bodies from
Comment – By Skip Bandele
Supermen or Chemical Brothers? IF THE drug-related exclusion of several top riders including pre-Tour de France favourites, Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, and the persistent shadow hanging over the now
Swim with dolphins this weekend!
DO NOT miss this weekend’s Dolphin Therapy session. Group and individual discussions on Saturday (August 5) will be followed by swimming with dolphins on Sunday. Located near Albufeira. Call Carlos
Court throws out Portimão Retail Park case
LOULÉ’S ADMINISTRATIVE and Fiscal Court has reached a decision over the action lodged by the Associação Comercial de Portimão, the Portimão shop owners’ association, against Portimão Câmara, over the authorisation
The mystery of Bath 29
EVERY YEAR on the night of August 29, groups of people assemble on the Algarve seafront, with towels and provisions, to celebrate the tradition of Banho 29 (Bath 29). Peasants
Empty seats at Algarve Rocks
EMBARRASSMENT SURROUNDED the organisers of last Saturday’s Algarve Rocks as less than 6,000 people turned up for the event. It was hoped that the event, which took place at the
Thousands flock to see snowboarding on the beach
AUSTRIAN SNOWBOARDER Chris Kröll won the 10th edition of the Big Air Sand N’ Snow Portimão 2006, the Portuguese round of the Snowboard World Cup held on Praia da Rocha