Algarve

ONCE AGAIN, Monte Gordo will vibrate with the purr of large motorcycle engines as thousands of Harley Davidson fans descend on the tourist village for the “Harley Fun ‘n’ Sun”

A PORTUGUESE international exhibition, entitled ‘Planet Blue’, which aims to teach schoolchildren of the importance of looking after our planet, was opened in Lisbon recently. Planet Blue, conceived in 1999

AFTER ITS outstanding success in Lisbon, Deckchairs, three short plays from the series by Jean McConnell, will be performed at the Escola Internacional São Lourenço tonight (April 15) at 7pm.

SOME 20 years ago, when naturists Frances and David Fry moved to the Algarve, they opened the Escola de Arte de Ferragudo. They remember, with fond amusement, their farmer neighbours

ALMANCIL now has its own ambulance service. The new vehicle was recently unveiled at the Bombeiros Municipais de Loulé – Almancil branch building. During the inauguration ceremony, Loulé Câmara President,

FIVE of the Algarve’s Ladies Luncheon Clubs got together for lunch at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra. More than 90 ladies participated in the event and each leader

THE SIMPLESMENTE Mulher(Simply Woman) fashion show that took place last weekend at Expoalgarve NERA in Loulé, organised by the Associação Oncológia do Algarve, was a runaway success. The event which

SILVES CASTLE provided a fitting backdrop for the presentation of a 1,500 euro cheque to Dra. Liliana Rodrigues, president of Silves-based charity Castelo de Sonhos, recently. The money was raised

THE VERY first Hilton hotel in Portugal is being built in Vilamoura and is due to open at the beginning of 2007. Real estate organisation, Imocom Group, formalised a 20-year

FORMER President of Loulé Câmara, Vitor Aleixo, has announced that he will stand once more as the Socialist Party (PS) candidate for the presidency of the câmara in the next