Algarve

A NEW Continente hypermarket opened on Monday last week in Portimão, located on the EN 124 at the shopping centre in Quinta da Malata. It has taken the place of

EVERGREEN CLASSICS will be on the programme when the 10-piece Oo-Boop-I-Do jazz band perform at the São Brás Museum on Friday, November 3, at 8 pm. The band will be

By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com WITH MORE than 14 years of professional football experience behind him, Mark McCarrick is well qualified to pass on his skills to aspiring footballers in the

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com ANTÓNIO PINA is the Civil Governor of the Faro District, essentially, the government’s representative in the Algarve region. Explaining the role behind the grand title, he

THE ASSOCIATION for foreign residents and visitors to Portugal, AFPOP, held its annual sports events, as part of the AFPOP Autumn Festival, over the last week of September and the

By natasha smith natasha@portugalresident.com following a study headed by the Minister for Transport, Mário Lino, the A22 highway will remaintoll-free because of the lack of alternative route. For many years,

On Saturday, November 4, at 6.30pm the Barlavento English School will hold its annual fireworks and bonfire extravaganza and everyone is welcome to come and join in the fun. Organised

The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal takes place this year from Saturday, October 28 to Saturday, November 11. The Remembrance Service in the Algarve will be held at 10.45am on

TASTE THE delicious, hot roasted chestnuts and enjoy the new wine at traditional Portuguese harvest festival celebrations taking place across the Algarve this autumn. Villages, towns and cities will be

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com MAMAMARATONA 6 proved an enormous success on Sunday, with 1,150 people officially registering to take part, a whopping 400 more than last year. In fact, the