Portugal

THIS YEAR, The Algarveans gave us a choice of venue for the pantomime – either Lagos or Lagoa. The choice of the Lagoa Auditorium was extremely well received and each

AT LAST the Algarve has a long distance footpath that can be walked by anyone following the route. The Via Algarviana was first planned a decade ago and has been

BLOOD DONORS are needed at the Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo de Portimão, located at Alto do Alfarrobal, Pedra Mourinha, on March 16. Pop in anytime between 9.30am and 1pm

PICTURED IS Geoff of Fires of Portugal with his two ‘rottis’, Esme and Samson, at his holiday home in Almograve (Alentejo), where he should be celebrating his 50th birthday today

TWO PORTUGUESE men were arrested by police last weekend, following a high speed car chase between Albufeira and Alcochete (south of Lisbon). No less than five police cars were involved

LISBON’S PAVILHÃO Atlântico will host Algarve Convida (Algarve Invites), the first fair dedicated exclusively to promoting the region as a holiday destination, in April. This is the first event of

PORTIMÃO PSP, with the support of other security forces, including Faro intervention police, undertook three separate operations last week in a major effort to combat arms trafficking, the use and

MEDITERRANEAN FILM festivals have been held in Montpellier, France, for the last 25 years and in Valencia, Spain, for the last 20 years. Haifa in Israel hosts one such festival