Annual Beach Tennis tournament returns to Portimão
For all those tennis aficionados out there, one competition you cannot afford to miss this summer is the III SEAT Open de Portugal Beach Tennis, which will be held today
Thief makes off with 57,000 euros in Albufeira
A masked gunman assaulted two employees of a Marrachinho supermarket in Estrada Santa Eulália, Albufeira, last Monday, robbing them of 57,000 euros. The staff members, a woman and young man,
Cultural extravaganza in Faro
Jardim Manuel Bivar, in the centre of Faro, is the place to be for all those who love regional sweets, dried fruits and beverages. The 20th edition of the Feira
Dinner in aid of the old people’s home and hospice in Pêra
A fundraising dinner will be held at 8pm on Saturday, August 26 in the pavilion at the Sheraton Hotel, Pine Cliffs, in Albufeira, in aid of the construction of an
Dinosaurs causing excitement in marina
IF YOU loved Jurassic Park, then the display of ‘animatronic’ dinosaurs at Albufeira Marina is definitely for you. Running until August 31, the Dinotaurs exhibition will be resident at the
Free wireless internet access in town centres
THERE ARE 16 areas in the Algarve where you can now access the internet for free, by switching on any laptop with a wireless facility. Known as “hotspots”, these special
Hundreds of fish suffocate
ACCORDING TO a team from the Commission of Co-ordination and Regional Development (CCDR), a lack of oxygen in the water of the Alcantarilha river, next to Armação de Pêra beach,
Illegal food vendors on the beach
The GNR and maritime police, in a collaborative operation, seized close to 1,200 Bolas de Berlim (creamy sweet cakes) from 22 vendors along the beaches of Falésia, Rocha Baixinha and
It’s back-to-school time
Every SCHOOL child needs a backpack in which to carry their books. It is at this time of year that parents begin to look for new backpacks for their children,
Jellyfish invasion should not affect the Algarve
Jellyfish invasion should not affect the Algarve The beaches of the Algarve are said to be safe from the jellyfish invasion, which is currently causing havoc along the coasts of

