Algarve craft beer wins international award
Algarve Rock Brewery, based in Faro, won first prize for Stout Beer against breweries from across Europe at the International Craft Beer Festival, Trujillo, Spain, on November 4. Only brewing
Lisbon to host Michelin gala in November
Lisbon will host the next Michelin Portugal and Spain Gala on November 21. The ceremony will take place at the Carlos Lopes Pavilion at the Parque Eduardo VII. It will
Octopus celebrated in Quarteira festival
Quarteira will be celebrating its historic link to the sea with another ‘Semana do Polvo’, or Octopus Week. Taking place from September 7 to 16, the event will see 31
Organic market at the Garden Café
The summer ‘pop-up’ Natura Garden Café operated by Fine Dining in Style at the Natura Garden Centre in Almancil now offers people another reason to visit: a weekly farmers’ market
‘Carapaus alimados’ – the typical Algarvian dish
It’s in the confection details as well as the knowledge acquired from the past generations that the richness of Portuguese regional gastronomy is based. If there are dishes that identify
It’s sardine time in Portimão
Portimão’s highly-anticipated ‘Festival da Sardinha’ has already started. The event is taking place until Sunday, August 5, with restaurants in the town centre and riverside serving the traditional char-grilled sardines
Castro Marim hosts International Snail Festival
It’s not a delicacy everyone will enjoy but those who do will likely be heading to Castro Marim this weekend for the town’s popular snail festival, Festival Internacional do Caracol.
Restaurant review – O Alcaide
Delicious food, good value and exceptional service Situated in the centre of Alvor, down a quiet cobbled side-street (Rua do Castelo) and close to the local fruit and vegetable market,
‘Festa da Cataplana’ celebrates traditional dish in Castro Marim
Castro Marim is promoting the Algarve’s delicious ‘cataplana’ stew with yet another ‘Festa da Cataplana’. Seventeen restaurants in the borough are serving at least two kinds of cataplana until the
Armação de Pêra pays tribute to local seafood
Fifteen restaurants in Armação de Pêra will pay tribute to local seafood this weekend (June 8-10) as they host another edition of the ‘Festival da Caldeirada e do Mar’. The