Algarve skincare therapists launch innovative products
CRYSTAL CLEAR recently took part in the health and beauty show at Exponor in Porto for the fifth year running, which was cause for celebration for the whole team. Sharon
Create your own Eden at home
Tucked away in the hills behind Loulé is a quaint house belonging to Michael and Kate Fitch. As you walk round their house and garden, you soon learn what their
Home and away!
FOR MANY people nearing retirement, it is natural to start thinking of not only what to do with those retirement years, but also where to spend them. Being involved in
Eye care with the best technology has to offer
Sixteen years after he opened his opticians on the main avenue in Quarteira, Dr. Juan El Khoury’s business is still going strong. What allows him to have such a wide
If you want fresh, mouth-watering food, pop into Poppy’s
ALLISON READ and Luís Serol opened Poppy’s restaurant late last year. O Simplício restaurant was an existing business in Vale d’el Rei, Lagoa, but a new partnership, formed in October
A car for any occasion
IT’S BEEN 38 years since Manuel Caldinha sat in the gardens in the centre of Albufeira contemplating what he should name the car rental company he was about to open.
A little corner of paradise
ESTALAGEM QUINTA Jacintina is the newest five star hotel to open near Quinta do Lago. As the fruit of many years planning and hard work by Brian and Monica Pullin,
Australia … so far, yet so close
CATHERINE AND Jonathan Wickham are, this year, celebrating the fourth anniversary since the opening of their business OZ Shade, located on the EN125 between Mexilhoeira Grande and Odiáxere (near Lagos).
Caldeirão’s forgotten hills
Around 80 people participated in a three-hour walk along the Serra do Caldeirão’s Montes Esquecidos (Forgotten Hills) recently. The 8km-walk was organised by the Associação dos Amigos da Cortelha, a
New skin care centre in Lagos
WITH THE intense heat of an Algarvean summer fast approaching, the health and condition of our skin becomes more prevalent in our minds. Senses Skin Care Centre is the first

