Algarve

THE FIRST meeting of the Algarve Artists Society will take place on Monday, May 15, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, at the Raj Restaurant in the Hotel Garbe, Armação de Pêra.

BRUNO, THE only manatee that can be found in the Iberian Peninsula, now lives permanently at the Zoomarine Park in Guia, near Albufeira. He was born in May 2001 in

THE HALLELUJAH Procession, part of the Festival of the Flower Torches, one of Portugal’s oldest and most popular religious celebrations, took place in São Brás de Alportel on Easter Sunday.

THE FIRST edition of Algarve Convida (Algarve Invites), a fair dedicated to the promotion of the Algarve to the Portuguese market, held at Lisbon’s Pavilhão Atlântico earlier this month, was

AN OX went on the rampage in the centre of Albufeira last Saturday afternoon, injuring five people and causing widespread panic. It escaped from its handler at around 2.45pm, while

LOULÉ IS ranked among the top 25 richest boroughs in the country in terms of spending power, according to the 2006 Sales Index from information management firm, Marktest. In regional

MARCH WAS the best month ever in terms of the number of rounds of golf played in the Algarve, according to Região de Turismo do Algarve (RTA), the Algarve Tourism

A COMPANY, apparently operating an unlicensed animal crematorium in the Monchique hills, has refused to cease its activities, despite receiving a closure order and instructions to demolish the facility from

CALLING ALL budding David Baileys, young and old, registration is now open for the sixth edition of Corrida Fotográfica de Portimão, a photographic contest with a fun format taking place

MORE THAN 26,000 people accessed the Algarve Tourism Board’s website, www.visitalgarve.pt to check its webcam and live weather station between January 16 and April 10 this year. According to the