Europe’s best beach destination: Algarve dethroned for first time since 2018
Algarve loses title of Europe’s Leading Beach Destination to Porto Santo, Madeira Portugal has brought home 31 accolades from the European edition of the World Travel Awards (WTA), considered the
Golf Residences at Vale do Lobo attracting keen international interest
Record year for Algarve golf tourism, as resort showcases stylish development Portugal’s Algarve region attracted record numbers of golfers in 2023. Preliminary figures from the Portuguese National Statistics Institute (INE)
Algarve hotel occupancy falls to 46.3% in February
The Algarve’s hotel industry recorded an average occupancy rate per room of 46.3% in February, a 3.4 percentage point decrease compared to the same month last year (49.7%). Citing provisional data,
Lota Cool Market to celebrate Portimão’s centenary
Live music, food trucks and stalls selling regional handicraft and products Organisers have announced the return of Lota Cool Market, which in 2024 will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Portimão’s
Start your engines: Rallye Casinos do Algarve is almost here!
Competition will take place in five Algarve boroughs for first time in nearly 30 years Rallye Casinos do Algarve is set to take place next weekend (March 15-16), marking the
Best of Algarve in Lisbon
Lisbon’s BTL tourism fair was the perfect stage for the Algarve to announce the first direct air link to the USA, a new water-saving certificate for hotels and the launch
Search for Madeleine McCann receives another €116,000 (£110,000)
Madeleine, 3, went missing from holiday apartment in Algarve almost 17 years ago The search for Madeleine McCann, arguably the most famous missing person of the 21st century, has received
Sharing Education Group takes over Algarve’s Eupheus International School
School will be renamed starting next school year Eupheus International School in Loulé has been taken over by Sharing Education Group and will be renamed Bright International School Algarve starting next
Algarve football round-up: Winless streaks continue
Liga Portugal Betclic: Portimonense 0-0 Vizela Sporting 3-2 Farense Portimonense once again failed to find a way past supposedly inferior opposition while Farense fought tooth and nail during their narrow
Faro imposes limits on opening hours and noise levels
Changes will come into effect this month Faro municipal council has approved new noise regulations and opening hours for commercial establishments. According to the new rules which have been published in