Algarve

• From left: Manfred Matysik, president of Bailliage de l’Algarve, Willemina Zudervelt, Maître de Table, and Vincent Nas, Maître Rôtisseur, at Restaurant Vincent A MEMORABLE ‘Dîner Amical’ was held recently

THE ALGARVE Archaeological Association (AAA) is holding a talk by Dr. Micael Cremo, entitled ‘The Discoveries of Carlos Ribeiro – A Controversial Episode in the 19th Century European Archaeology’, on

IN SPRING last year, we covered the opening of a nearly new women’s fashion boutique in Almancil called Revivals. Discreetly tucked away in the back of the Griffin Bookshop, it

DESPITE WIDESPREAD reports that the Algarve is no longer in a drought situation, data from the Algarve University reveals that the rainfall in recent months was not sufficient to stop

A REPLICA of the Best Golf Destination in the World 2006 award, recently given to the Algarve by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO), was presented to President

A NEW Feira Nova supermarket has recently opened in the Penha area of Faro, bringing the total number of stores in Portugal to 30. Owned by the Jerónimo Martins Group,

GERMAN WINE magazine, Weinwirtschaft, has elected Portuguese wine Casal Garcia for its list of the Top 100 wines of 2005. The election was based on criteria such as quality, the

WHEN JORGE A. Vasconcellos e Sá wrote Strategy Moves, on the flyleaf he reminded us of the words of General Douglas MacArthur: “In war there is no substitute for victory.”

MORE THAN 150 participants attended a congress held at Faro’s Conservatório Regional do Algarve recently to debate the issue of security in Portugal and in particular in the Algarve. The

• Acrobats performed at the Estoril Casino stand MORE THAN 900 exhibitors, representing over 40 countries, took part in the 2006 edition of Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa (BTL), the