Popular holidays

Portugal is the fourth most searched for holiday destination at property rentals website Homelidays. Established in Portugal since 2005, the holiday rentals portal has 173,000 Portuguese members, with Portugal representing

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Connecting girls

A service to mark International Women’s Day will be held on Sunday at St. Andrew’s Church, Lisbon at 11am with British Ambassador Jill Gallard as a guest speaker. It will

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Protecting Praia Grande

Following the approval of construction plans for Praia Grande in Silves, Almargem, the environmental protection association of the Algarve, has expressed its concerns for the project. Speaking on behalf of

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Crime prevention radio feature

Crimecheck, a new crime prevention radio feature, has been launched by Kiss FM Algarve in conjunction with Safe Communities Algarve. David Thomas, founder of Safe Communities Algarve, said that the

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Residents help abandoned animals

With an ever growing number of abandoned animals on the streets of the Algarve, a multi-national group of volunteers have joined forces with the Canil de Portimão with the aim

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Residents ignore warning signs

Ignoring warning signs and barriers put up by Lagos council, residents have been seen crossing the condemned D.Maria bridge. Closed to all traffic on February 11, the bridge was quickly

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Forget the easy option … it isn’t!

by Chris Graeme news@algarveresident.com ‘In My View’ is written by freelance journalist, photographer and Editor of Partners in Business, Chris Graeme, who lives in Lisbon and enjoys subjects such as

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Resort raises for UNICEF

Le Méridien Penina Golf & Resort near Portimão has raised more than €5,000 in aid of UNICEF. The funds, raised during golf, football and gastronomic events, among others, last year

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident

Friends help home

A group of 34 Norwegian and Swedish residents in the Portimão area organised a lunch to raise funds for a local children’s home on February 23. The lunch, held at

February 1, 2012by Portugal Resident