Environmental superman
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com WITH GROWING concerns about the human impact on the environment in Portugal, conservation associations have stepped up to fight for the land. The Resident spoke with
Agency opens fourth office in the Algarve
ALGARVE REAL estate agency Winkworth held a champagne reception on February 8 to celebrate the opening of their new office in Carvoeiro. Based on a spacious, modern concept with glass
A Portuguese café with an authentic Cornish touch
PRAIA DA Rocha has a new café, but this eatery offers one special difference. You can now get your hands on the traditional favourite, the Cornish pasty, handmade in the
A New Year’s solution
MANY PEOPLE take up resolutions in the New Year, with three-quarters planning to get fit. Pilates studio owner Michelle Goyens wants to make sure that resolution turns into a solution.
The Algarve’s emerging great composer
By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com THIRTY-SEVEN-year-old Cristóvão Silva is a classical composer from Portimão. Last month the Orquestra do Algarve (OQ) performed his music in the first ever concert to be
The eyes have it
OF OUR five senses, eyesight provides 80 per cent of the information we receive. Since the human eye is one of our most highly developed organs it is important we
A safe place in the sun
By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com IT IS an undeniable fact that the purchase of a home in the sun is one of the biggest and most important investments people can make.
Not just for Fools and Horses
SITUATED ON the quaint cobbled street of Rua António Barrosa in the centre of Lagos old town, the Fools and Horses pub has become a favourite and permanent fixture for
A league of their own
Twin brothers Marc and Edwin Wentink have created the perfect partnership by merging their skills to offer the highest level of service to find solutions for customers’ electronic needs. Eighteen
Protecting your children and your pool
PURE POOLS has been operating in the Western Algarve since the early 90s. Carrying out the majority of work for the main contractors, Pebble Pools, Oceânico, Vigia and Alma Verde,