Algarve

THE ALGARVE is in the running to pick up a number of World Travel Awards this year, with several hotels in the region receiving nominations across various categories. Vila Joya,

Pinetrees Riding Centre celebrates with Horse and Hound On Sunday, July 30, Pinetrees Riding Centre will be hosting a Horse and Hound competition, with horses and riders teaming up with

Seven hospitals in the Algarve, Alentejo and the centre of Portugal are still waiting for air conditioning units to be fitted, two years after being promised them by the Ministry

THE TWELFTH edition of Portimão’s famous Sardine festival takes place this year from August 4 to 13 at the city’s Zona Ribeirinha, down by the waterfront. Celebrated annually, visitors have

Chris Lane and her husband Trevor recently became local celebrities, after spending a day being filmed by the Yorkshire regional television news programme, Calendar. After responding to an article, which

THE LARGEST exhibition of dinosaurs in Europe, In the Land of the Dinosaurs, is coming to the Algarve this month, opening at Fabrica do Inglês in Silves from July 22.

THIS MONTH, Lagoa is hosting a cultural festival entitled Momentos de Cabo Verde, (Cape Verde moments), to celebrate the twinning of Lagoa and São Domingos, first established in 1997, and

SOLAR THERMAL electricity could be introduced into the national network in June 2008 following the development of an innovative new project in Tavira. Equipment will be installed in Sítio da

ONE HUNDRED and one people attended the first service of the All Saints’ Anglican Church Algarve, on Sunday, July 16. Led by the Reverend Eric Britt, former Chaplain of St.

Positive meeting between Algarve council chiefs and Cavaco Silva MACÁRIO CORREIA, president of Tavira Câmara and AMAL, the entity representing the Algarve’s 16 borough councils, has described last week’s meeting