Algarve

THIS SUMMER, 18 new regular flights and 27 charter flights are being operated out of Faro Airport. These new additions bring the airport’s total number of connections this summer to

FOR THE fifth consecutive year, the City of Lagos will be hosting its annual jazz festival, Lagos Jazz, taking place this year from August 11 to 15. The festival will

A NEW tourist guide to the Algarve for 2006/2007 has just been launched by Páginas Amarelas SA (Yellow Pages). Combining telephone listings with a complete guide to the main streets

EVERY YEAR on the night of August 29, groups of people assemble on the Algarve seafront, with towels and provisions, to celebrate the tradition of Banho 29 (Bath 29). Peasants

GOLF PROFESSIONALS from some of the Algarve’s leading golf courses are offering free golf tuition during the first three weeks of August, in a roadshow organised on 15 of the

POLICE IN the Algarve undertook a major operation last weekend to put a stop to illegal camping in the region. In total, 26 campers were fined after pitching tents in

DO NOT miss this weekend’s Dolphin Therapy session. Group and individual discussions on Saturday (August 5) will be followed by swimming with dolphins on Sunday. Located near Albufeira. Call Carlos

IT IS unlikely that many people in the Algarve have ever heard of, or visited, Humkara Dzong, a Tibetan Buddhist centre in Moinho do Malhão, one of the highest points

CONSTRUCTION OF the Sagres Oceanography Centre, a centre for research and education in marine and earth sciences, located close to the Porto da Baleeira, will get underway by the end

FEIRA DA Serra, an annual three-day fair held in São Brás de Alportel last weekend, proved as popular as ever this year, drawing thousands of visitors to savour the traditions,