Tribute event brings top chefs to region
For the sixth year, Vila Joya is holding an exclusive gourmet event featuring top chefs from around the world. Running until January 22, it attracts a worldwide audience of gourmet
A22 tolls – what a mess!
Dear Editor, I have read and found your articles on this subject both useful and interesting, and have now checked the web site www.estradas.pt Having used the A22 a couple
Deaths off west coast
A German woman and a Portuguese man died off the west coast in the Algarve in separate incidents on Tuesday, January 3. The German tourist, 36, was walking with her
Loulé Flute Ensemble
A concert will take place to mark the 17th anniversary of the Loulé Flute Ensemble on January 28 at 9.30pm. The event will be held at the Nossa Senhora da
Algarve gold
Loule’s Celestino Pinho won the opening round of the cyclo-cross Portuguese Cup in the elite division at last weekend’s meeting near Vila do Conde.
Algarve to push for cruise tourism
by EMMA BERTENSHAW emma.bertenshaw@theresidentgroup.com Reviving old port areas is a mammoth undertaking but, with investment, can become a tourist hotspot as proved by the Albert docks in Liverpool and Darling
Atlantic Cup
Top quality international club football will be on show in the Algarve when the Atlantic Cup 2012 kicks off at the former Faro-Loulé Euro’2004 venue on January 28. The second
British resident assaulted and robbed at her home
by INÊS LOPES ines.lopes@theresidentgroup.com Two women, one British and the other Portuguese, were violently assaulted and robbed at their homes by three armed men on the morning of January 5.
Champion
Germany’s Tony Martin will defend his 2011 Tour of the Algarve title between February 15 and 19. The Omega Phama-QuickStep star will become the first reigning world time trial champion
Charitable concert
A concert in aid of Portugal’s poorest people will be presented by the Wind Orchestra of the Algarve in the Lagoa Municipal Auditorium tomorrow (Saturday), at 9.30pm. Sponsored by the