Rare Bailote paintings on display at Albufeira gallery
An exhibition featuring “rare paintings” by famous Albufeira painter João Barreto Bailote will begin next month at the city’s new art gallery, the Albufeira Art Centre. Bailote was a self-taught
GNR police deny brutality claims as Irish football fans say “they are the scum of the earth”
A group of Irish football fans have accused GNR police of being the “the scum of the earth” after an alleged “unprovoked attack” in the Oura bar strip of Albufeira
Albufeira beachgoers’ miracle escape in latest devastating cliff fall
Six years after a family-of-five was buried alive by falling rocks on Albufeira’s Maria Luísa beach, the cliffs have once again given way – dropping tons of rubble onto the
Dutch tourist mugged in late-night Albufeira
A Dutch holidaymaker, believed to be in his late 30s, has become the latest late-night mugging victim in Albufeira. News reports say the man was on his way back to
Residents in turmoil as Albufeira council ploughs ahead with demolition plans
Albufeira council is forging ahead with “surreal” demolition plans that have shocked a neighbourhood. Refusing every single attempt at contact by the Resident, the council has applied for technical advice
Jilted lover turned carjacker arrested in Albufeira
A 19-year-old man has been arrested after he used a large knife to rob his ex-girlfriend of her Audi car in Patroves, Albufeira. The jilted lover, already well known to
Albufeira citizens vote to renew Guia sports complex
Albufeira council has announced that it will be renovating Guia’s sports complex following the results of the municipality’s ‘Orçamento Participativo’ (OP), which allows local citizens to suggest and vote for
Exhibition honours Gabriel Clemente
An exhibition featuring the work of Gabriel Clemente, a well-known Algarve photographer and former collaborator of the Resident who died suddenly last December from a heart attack, will be on
Albufeira residents ready to mount €5 million compensation claim over threat of demolitions
Following the shock announcement that 28 Olhos d’Água apartments face demolition due to historic planning “illegalities”, residents have revealed they are poised to lodge a €5 million compensation claim. “You
Albufeira blows the whistle on “illegal” beach party
‘Sound Beach Party’ held at Falésia beach in Albufeira on Sunday, August 2, went ahead without municipal licensing, the council has confirmed. “It was unlicensed and illegal. The party did