Algarve

THE ALGARVE Tourist Association is promoting a new, two-month, advertising campaign called Feel The Energy, targeting the British public. Adverts will appear in many British newspapers and supplements, including The

WHEN DRIVING along the A22 towards Faro after Silves, you always have to check that you have plenty of fuel in the tank, as there is no service station until

THE ANGLICAN Church of St. Vincent’s celebrated St. George’s Day at St. Luke’s Church, Monte da Palhagueira, Gorjões, with celebrant and preacher Canon John Davies, on Sunday, April 23. It

Over a year after the brutal murder of her husband, Helen Turner is still waiting for justice. Many will remember hearing about the devastating news of John Turner’s death; the

THE FOURTH jazz night at the museum in São Brás, organised by the Triple Bass Music Agency and the Friends of São Brás, will be this Saturday, May 6. The

THE HOTEL Garbe in Armação de Pêra was the setting last month for the Annual General Meeting of the Royal British Legion (Algarve sub-branch), after which members enjoyed a convivial

PORTUGAL HAS one of the lowest suicide rates in Europe, according to the president of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia (SPS), Bessa Peixoto, who was speaking at the 12th Algarve

THIS YEAR’S line-up for the concerts featured at the Algarve University’s annual Semana Académica (Academic Week) showcases the best of the country’s homegrown talent, and is taking place from May

DEMOLITION WORK began in Praia da Rocha this week to bring the Algarve’s first tourist hotel, Hotel da Rocha, built in 1906, to the ground. The total demolition will take

THE RESIDENT’S Filipe Lima (left) and Paulo Silvestre draw the lucky winner of a fantastic three-day break to the Yorkshire Dales this year, courtesy of low fares airline Thomsonfly.com. Congratulations