Halloween Wine Tasting Dinner raises €1,660 for StreetLife
Afpop East Algarve organised a Halloween Wine Tasting Dinner at Octant Vila Monte Hotel to raise funds for StreetLife’s sterilisation programme for dogs that covers all of the Sotavento Area,
Faro begins charging year-round tourist tax
Tourist tax is now charged all year Faro has begun charging a year-long tourist tax, the municipal council has announced. The tourist tax has been extended to cover the entire
New association aims to “give a voice to the Algarve”
“It is fundamental for the Algarve to make itself heard,” association says The Algarve has a new association created to “defend and provide a voice to the most relevant tourism
Outrage as life and death calls in Portugal are left “waiting to be answered”
Note: Since this article was written for our print edition, the government has announced emergency solutions to the chaotic state of Portugal’s emergency medical services. Read about them here Portugal’s
The Phantoms of the golf course appear in Moncarapacho
The Algarve’s new golf society – the Phantoms – celebrated its inaugural year at Restaurant António’s in Moncarapacho recently. Thirty players and partners enjoyed a super meal and congratulated the Society’s
Water connection between Alqueva reservoir and Algarve “essential”
Manifesto calls for Algarve to be linked to the Alqueva reservoir The mayors of Odemira and Aljezur said on Tuesday that linking the Alqueva reservoir to the Santa Clara and
Lagoa building new accessible path
Lagoa is building a new accessible path connecting Poço Partido to Areia dos Moinhos, in a bid to make the area safer and easier to navigate on foot or by
Loulé begins charging tourist tax
Loulé becomes sixth Algarve municipality to charge a tourist tax The municipal council of Loulé started charging a tourist tax on Friday, November 1, it has announced. Guests, aged 16
Civil Protection alerts to worsening weather conditions; heavy rain
Civil Protection has taken no chances today – sending out warnings to the whole country over worsening weather conditions which ‘could see’ “flooding, landslides and sheets of water on the
Algarve pitched to host MotoGP finale as floods force Valencia cancellation
MotoGP finale could take place in Algarve instead of Valencia The Valencia Grand Prix, initially set for November 15-17 as the MotoGP season finale, has been cancelled following severe floodings