Algarve

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com It may only be October but preparations for Christmas fairs across the Algarve have already begun, with organisers asking stall holders to come forward and take

Palm trees in Faro have been struck by the Red Palm Weevil, which has been causing major devastation across the Algarve. In the last week, several palm trees have had

More than 6,000 runners and walkers took part in the tenth annual Mamamaratona race for life held in Portimão on October 10. A spokesman for Mamamaratona said: “We managed to

Reader Suzy Turner sent in this photograph of a hole in the road near the Serra e Mar complex near Portimão, which grew deeper following the weekend’s heavy rain and

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Resorts in the Algarve have received top tourism accolades during the European stage of the 2010 World Travel Awards, known in the industry as the Oscars

Residents and visitors to the Algarve only have a week left before the Fiesa International Sand Sculpture Festival closes on October 22. The theme of the festival, the eighth to

Between June and August, the Algarve was the most searched for destination by users of holiday website homelidays.com. Homelidays.com receives more than six million visitors per month worldwide and, according

By INÊS LOPES & DAISY SAMPSON news@algarveresident.com A 53-year old German tourist is in intensive care in Faro hospital after being seriously injured by a rock fall on an Algarve

Pedro Ferreira (pictured) was the winner of the latest stage of the Solverde Poker Season held at the Casino Monte Gordo between October 1 and 3. After qualifying rounds Pedro