A new kind of Christmas message
By Dra Maria Alice features@algarveresident.com Dr Maria Alice is a consultant in General and Family Medicine and is director of Luzdoc International Medical Service in Praia da Luz, Lagos. Don’t
A new year of property sales is coming
By Bart van Linden features@algarveresident.com Bart van Linden is a director of Exclusive Algarve Villas, a local real estate company focused on selling high end properties and investment related real
Bureaucratic tolls system
Dear Editor, My views on the A22 Via do Infante proposed new tolls are as follows: First, people should choose whether or not they want to use the A22 and
Selling a property in a buyer’s market
By Brett Hawkins features@algarveresident.com Brett Hawkins is the Managing Director of GMT 24:7, the first Home Emergency Response Service in the Algarve, delivering a rapid response to any household emergency,
Quality villa by the sea
Villa Yasmin – Price €550,000 Villa Yasmin is located in an urbanisation in the Galé area featuring delightful Moorish architecture and is just a few hundred metres from Praia do
Poll Results November 11 2011
Last week we asked readers if they would be spending less on food and presents this Christmas. The vast majority of voters, 73%, said that they would be spending less
Dumped fiancée gets paid
A court has ordered a Brazilian man to pay $6,500 for saying “I don’t” to his former fiancée. Rio de Janeiro state Judge Benedicto Abicair said that Marcelo de Azevedo
Last week’s front page
Dear Editor, Isn’t it rather sad that in last week’s Algarve Resident the opening of the Iceland store was given the full front page spread and the death of two
Hundreds learn about Mediterranean gardens
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Surfer rides all time biggest wave
Hawaii’s Garrett McNamara sets a world record by surfing a 90-foot wave off the coast of Praia do Norte in Portugal. Professional surfer McNamara, 44, was riding large waves with