Algarve

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com VODAFONE PORTUGAL and nature conservation association Quercus promoted a joint campaign in Faro last week to raise awareness of the need to recycle mobile phones and

By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com IMAGINE AN ideal world, where a golf professional helps you improve your game in the comfort of your own home. The world may be more perfect

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com DESPITE THE Algarve seeing an overall fall in the amount of new construction, statistics released last week show the trend is to build taller properties. In

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com TWENTY-FOUR years after opening a mini market in Almancil, 64-year-old Avelino Apolónia has created the quality supermarket of choice for many of the Algarve’s international community,

Don’t FORGET that the next free open days at Barringtons are on April 1, from 10am-6pm and April 5, from 6pm-10pm. Attending one of these days will entitle you to

INVESTIGATORS LAUNCHED an operation last Thursday to inspect 44 rented properties in the Algarve. Thirty-two owners were fined for not having the appropriate rental licence. The operation was carried out

SIX YEARS following its opening in 2001, Forum Algarve shopping centre in Faro is undergoing a mini transformation in terms of its range of retailers and restaurants. New shops due

CHANNEL 4’s television programme Selling Houses Abroad sent a TV crew to the Algarve in February to film the makeover of a villa close to the village of Gorjões, Santa

TWO MEN were arrested after police raided properties in Loulé on Wednesday last week. Computer equipment and jewellery valued at around 7,500 euros were seized during the operation, which came

MORE THAN 35 competitors competed in the Algarve Riding Club Endurance Ride at Quinta do Paraiso Alto on March 11. In the 15km ride Sofia Marcos on Lucy finished in