Portugal

The first private botanical garden in the Algarve was inaugurated on Saturday evening (September 30) at the Monte do Casal hotel, which is located in the hills behind Estoi. Guests

By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com EVERY EXPATRIATE who has relocated to the Algarve has been through, or is currently going through, the task of learning Portuguese. When Sheila Watts’ book, Practical

BY CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com TESCO, the UK’s leading supermarket group, has its sights set on Portugal as part of its ongoing expansion plans, The Resident learned this week. It is

OPERATION CHRISTMAS child is part of the Samaritan’s Purse, a registered charity in the UK and America. In 1990, the horrendous pictures of children in Romanian orphanages inspired the creation

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com Builders broke ground as part of a ceremony last week close to the historical village of Cacela Velha in Vila Real de Santo António to mark

THREE ORGANISATIONS have clubbed together to provide a football pitch at Pirilampos children’s home in Albufeira. The Central Algarve Ladies Luncheon Group, who meet monthly, the Amigos das Crianças and

THE MAYOR of Oeiras, Isaltino Morais, has had his holiday house in the Algarve repossessed by the Ministério Público, the public ministry. The villa, in Altura in Castro Marim, was

It’s time for BLiP The 2006 Better Living in Portugal exhibition (BLiP) will be held at the Parque das Feiras (ExpoArade) site in Portimão on October 14 and 15. The