Algarve

LUXURY FIVE star resort and spa, Vila Vita, in Porches, Lagoa, was the setting for the world launch of the Porsche 911 Targa 4. Over 1,000 specialist motoring journalists from

FOR NEARLY 10 years there have been plans to construct a high security prison in the Algarve in São Bartolomeu de Messines (Silves). However, the national government is still reluctant

BY CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com TESCO, the UK’s leading supermarket group, has its sights set on Portugal as part of its ongoing expansion plans, The Resident learned this week. It is

FARO BEACH is the setting for the Four Oceans International Longboard Surfing Championship, taking place from October 4 to 8, close to the Centro Náutico. Other activities within the scope

The first private botanical garden in the Algarve was inaugurated on Saturday evening (September 30) at the Monte do Casal hotel, which is located in the hills behind Estoi. Guests

Harvest festival at All Saints’ You are welcome to join the regular congregation at the church of N. Sra da Fátima (near Quatros Estradas/Almancil), the venue for the Harvest Festival

PORTIMÃO CÂMARA is inviting residents and tourists to join them on guided walks along the Ria de Alvor in celebration of European bird watching weekend, October 8 and October 9.

An English tourist was raped in the villa where she was staying in the luxury resort of Vale do Lobo. The suspected rapist was apprehended by the Faro Judicial Police

By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com EVERY EXPATRIATE who has relocated to the Algarve has been through, or is currently going through, the task of learning Portuguese. When Sheila Watts’ book, Practical

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com THE ALGARVE’S first breast screening programme, launched last September by the Associação Oncológica do Algarve (AOA), the Algarve Oncology Association in conjunction with the Algarve University