Algarve

NINE TOWNS in the Algarve are shutting down major roads on Friday (September 22), as part of the European Commission-financed In town, without my car scheme. The car free day

MEMBERS OF the Algarve Wine Society have just returned from a visit to the Veneto and Friuli wine producing areas of northeastern Italy. The group assembled in the garden of the

THE BIRTHRATE in the Algarve continues to rise, according to statistics for 2005 released by the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE). Portugal’s national institute for statistics registered 4,950 births in the region last year,

A GROUP of animal loving volunteers from Vale da Telha have opened the doors of New 2 You, Aljezur’s first charity shop, to raise money for abandoned, sick and injured

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com FAMILY FASHION retailer, C&A, is to open its first store in the Algarve next month. Due to open in mid October at the Forum Algarve shopping

The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, held in Portimão’s new ExpoArade fairs and exhibition centre at the beginning of the month, kept audiences enthralled. Gymnasts from around the world gave impressive floor

SOME OF the best riders in the world are currently taking part in the Seventh International Show Jumping Championship of Portimão, at the Centro Hipico de Belmonte. The event continues

Express buses originating from the Algarve are not abiding by the rules set by the General Directive of Land and Water Transports (DGTTF), says a drivers’ union. Since the accident

PLANS ARE in place for the construction of an 80-room, three star hotel at Faro airport on available space to the north of the car parks. Although negotiations with the airport

Thomsonfly.com has announced its summer 2007 flying programme from Faro, offering regular low fare flights to Bournemouth, Coventry and Doncaster from April to October 2007. In addition to Thomsonfly’s existing