Fabulous Fatacil
Fatacil celebrated its 25th anniversary this year with a huge range of exhibitors and entertainment for its nine-day display that ends this Saturday. Stalls ranged from crafts and tourism to
Dance scene hits town
This year, the Algarve has been a hotbed of European dance talent. For 17 hours, on July 17, the Chemical Brothers festival turned the sleepy town of Algoz into one
RTA’s naked ambition
A string of nudist beaches could be created across the Algarve within the next five years, after the Algarve Tourist Board (RTA) said it is ready to work alongside naturist
Algarve resorts enter awards
Three resorts from the Algarve have already entered this year’s Homes Overseas Awards. The resorts, all new entries to the competition, are Boa Nova Village (Best Villa), Vila Sol (Best
Government ‘insensitive’ to region’s fire disaster
Forest fire victims are set to receive initial payments of 5.5 million euros from the government, but a state of public disaster will not be declared – a decision that
Cliff hits the beach
Fisherman’s Beach in Albufeira has been cut off to traffic since Thursday of last week, in preparation for Sir Cliff Richard’s open-air concert to commemorate the city’s 500th birthday tonight
Magnificent marlin
After an hour and a half of hard work, national fishing champion João Brito successfully caught one of the biggest marlin ever registered off the Algarve coast, weighing a whopping
Business as usual at Zoomarine
Zoomarine opened its doors to the public 13 years ago and since then has added many new amusements and leisure pursuits to its list of activities. Resident reporter GEORGE FLETCHER
Search for missing tourist
A German tourist is feared to have drowned in the waters of Bravura Barragem, in the hills above Lagos, while out on a pedalo with her family. At the time
Horse evacuation
Grace Cowgill from the Five Horseshoes stables was shocked when a forest fire threatened her horses recently, and surprised by the offers of immediate help from friends, other stables and