Algarve

DON’T MISS the Silves Medieval fair, which started yesterday (Thursday) and runs until August 15 in the historical town centre and Al-Mutamid Park. This year’s fair promises to be bigger

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com AFTER CRITICISM about delays in the Polis programme developments in Silves, which began in 2003, Dra Maria Teresa de Jesus, executive director of the Programa Polis,

PARCHAL HAS an E.Leclerc supermarket plus eight other shops within a commercial space of more than 1,500sqm, following an official opening on Friday, August 3. Residents now have a supermarket,

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS in Portugal and Spain are working together to create a new natural park to protect the Baixo Guadiana region on the border of the two countries. A final

QUARTEIRA IS hosting its annual Book Fair until August 19 in the Avenida Marginal de Quarteira. Books, autograph sessions with authors, special areas for visitors to read newspapers, magazines and

AS THE summer Coerver Coaching football camps come to a close at Barringtons Golf and Health Spa, there are only two more opportunities to train with the best in October.

CASTRO MARIM will be hosting a Medieval Festival from August 23 to 26 at the Castro Marim castle. This annual event, which first took place in 1998, attempts to recreate

VIP CLINIC, a network of more than 2,000 beauty clinics worldwide established 36 years ago, opened two new clinics in the Algarve last week. One opened on July 25 in

ANTÓNIO PINA, President of the Região de Turismo do Algarve (RTA), the tourism board, wants more value to be given to the region’s low season and is currently preparing the

PORTIMÃO’S ANNUAL sardine festival begins today (August 3) at 6pm by the riverside and continues until August 12. For 10 days, thousands of people are expected to visit the festival