Algarve

ONE OF the biggest Christmas bazaars to hit the Algarve is being held on Friday, December 8, a public holiday. The Barringtons Christmas Bazaar at Barringtons Golf & Health Spa

OWNERS OF the Tropimar hotel in Portimão were baffled when they received a water bill earlier this week for 230 euros: the premises were supposed to be empty. The hotel

EVERYONE AT The Resident would like to congratulate all those runners and walkers who took part in the New York marathon on November 5. Congratulations go to Amanda Mortimer, Eddy

Santa arrives at Forum Algarve shopping centre in Faro this Saturday, November 11, at 11am. His arrival marks, for many, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the Algarve.

A TEAM entered for next year’s Lisbon-Dakar rally is to be sponsored by two Algarve tourism organisations. The Região de Turismo do Algarve, (RTA) and the Associação de Turismo do

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THE CAR park on Avenida de Liberdade in Albufeira appears to have become a favourite spot for heroin addicts. Shop owners and residents have repeatedly complained to the câmara, but,

By Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com Torrential rain across the region over the past two weeks has flooded numerous homes and damaged several towns. In Vila Real de Santo António alone, at

The Conservatório Regional do Algarve Maria Campina, the Maria Campina regional conservatory of the Algarve in Faro is exhibiting paintings by Madame Jeanne Thérese until November 27. A native of

FARO’S LONG awaited new municipal market will open to the public on December 18. However, after announcing the opening Faro Câmara said it cannot guarantee if the market will be