Faro beach hosts Amar Summer Fest on Saturday
Faro beach will host its popular Amar Summer Fest this Saturday (June 25). The event begins with a variety of sports activities, including body boarding and surfing (10am), cross-fit (10.30am),
Police investigate arson following fire at Faro social housing building
A fire in a social housing apartment building in Faro led to the evacuation of 58 residents in the early hours of Wednesday morning (June 15). Six people, including four-year-old
Classical music trio performs at Lethes theatre
Classical music trio Vissi d’Arte will perform at Faro’s Lethes theatre on June 21 (Tuesday) at 9.30pm as part of an annual music celebration known as ‘Fête de la Musique’.
Twenty-year-old exchange student “sexually assaulted” in Faro
PJ police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a 20-year-old Polish student while she was on her way home from a night out in Faro. The attack happened
EN2 set to become Portugal’s Route 66
The project to promote Portugal’s longest road, the EN2 between Chaves and Faro, as a tourist attraction similar to the US highway ‘Route 66’ was officially unveiled last month (May
Faro workshop teaches hoteliers “how to better manage prices”
A workshop entitled ‘How to better manage the price of my hotel’ will take place Monday, May 16 from 3pm at Faro’s hotel and tourism school. The goal is to
Re-food movement opens new branch in Faro
Portugal’s citizens’ backed Re-food movement is opening a new HQ in Faro’s Rua do Alportel on Saturday (May 14) at 4.30pm, with a public meeting being held the day before
Woman dies after allegedly being assaulted during night out in Faro
PJ police are investigating the death of a 36-year-old Portuguese woman who collapsed the morning after allegedly being “physically assaulted” during a night out in Faro with her boyfriend. It’s
Choir sings for charity
A fundraising musical extravaganza featuring the São Lourenço Choir raised €2,800 in aid of the Algarve Oncology Association and other charities. The performance, which took place on April 15 at
New Faro-Olhão water treatment plant “ready by 2018”
A new water treatment plant (ETAR) serving as many as “113,000 people” in Faro, Olhão and São Brás de Alportel is to be constructed by 2018, says regional water authority