Seafood is star of Alvor’s gastronomic week
Delicious seafood and a variety of mouthwatering desserts will be on offer at reduced prices by over 20 restaurants and cafés during Alvor’s second gastronomic week, ‘Sabores da Ria d’Alvor’,
Alvor’s wheelchair drug baron caught in Portimão
A wheelchair-bound drug baron – believed to be one of the Alvor area’s major traffickers – has been stopped in his tracks by GNR police. The boys in blue caught
Fourth Alvor parachute fatality was “an experienced qualified jumper”
Breaking their silence after the fourth parachutist death in three years, Alvor’s Skydive Algarve has revealed that the latest fatality – like all the other tragedies since October 2012 –
Sharp-eyed local spots potential cliff fall in Portimão
Firemen were called to João de Arens beach in Portimão on Friday afternoon after a sharp-eyed local spotted a chunk of cliff “in imminent risk of collapse”. A timely call
Six Citizen Shops open in the Algarve
Six new Citizen Shops (Loja do Cidadão) opened in the Algarve on Monday (June 15), giving local communities a “one-stop-shop” for a variety of government services. Citizens can change their
Alvor holds its first gastronomic week
The fishing village of Alvor will be hosting its first gastronomic week, ‘Sabores da Ria d’Alvor’, starting this Friday (June 12) and running until June 21. Around 25 restaurants will
Hotel group helps extend Alvor boardwalk
Portugal’s Environmental Agency (APA) has announced that the beachside boardwalk in Alvor is going to be extended 1.6 kilometres along the Três Irmãos beach. It will cost €400,000 to build
British woman believed to have been killed and buried by husband in Alvor
Portimão PJ police are searching for the body of a British woman whom they believe was killed and buried by her husband in the garden of their Monte Canelas home,
Children’s Shoebox Christmas gift appeal
It’s that time of year again when we begin to look forward to Christmas and, once again, I find myself committed, for the 14th year, to giving a shoebox full
Alvor fire “dangerously close to hotel complex”
Beachgoers watched in horror at the weekend as a fire near the Prainha Clube development rapidly filled the area with dense smoke. Firefighters from Portimão, Lagoa and Lagos rushed to