Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary in Monchique to donate €250,000 towards reforestation project
Ryanair’s famously charismatic CEO Michael O’Leary was in the Algarve on Tuesday (October 22) to personally donate €250,000, raised by the airline’s customers, towards a reforestation project that aims to
‘Lavrar o Mar’ brings cultural events back to Aljezur and Monchique
This weekend marks the start of the fourth ‘Lavrar o Mar’ programme, which promotes several cultural events in the Western Algarve’s inland towns such as Aljezur and Monchique. The programme
Almargem hosts meeting to unveil plans to ‘Revitalise Monchique’
Environmental association Almargem will be hosting a meeting to announce the events and initiatives behind a project to breathe new life into Monchique. It will be held on Friday, October
Dutch art collective presents works at Monchique’s Porca Preta gallery
A new exhibition entitled ‘Trees, they were once humans, just like us’ will be on display at the Porca Preta gallery in Monchique starting at 5pm on Sunday, September 29.
Brazilian artists show art at Porca Preta in Monchique
Monchique art gallery Porca Preta is hosting two exhibitions in the following months by Brazilian artists Meire Gomes and Fernanda Eva. The exhibition by Meira Gomes can be visited until
‘Health passport’ to be launched in Monchique for “situations of catastrophe”
Monchique is launching a potentially life-saving ‘health passport’ containing all the information doctors may need to know about patients in the event of catastrophic situations like 2018’s summer wildfire. The
Monchique to host public hearing about last year’s devastating wildfire
A public hearing “in memory of 2018’s largest and most catastrophic forest fire” will be held on Saturday morning (August 3) at the Fonte dos Chorões restaurant in Monchique. The
Photo exhibition shows there’s life in Monchique after fires
An exhibition of photographs taken during the FNAC Algarve Photography Marathon held in Monchique in June is now on show at the MAR Shopping Algarve in Loulé and can be
Collective art exhibit in Monchique
A collective art exhibition will take place in the studio of Georg Scheele in Monchique on April 20 at 3pm. The Open Studio will present the new series of marble
Camellia Festival showcases Monchique’s stunning flowers
Monchique’s Camellias Festival is returning for its fifth edition next weekend (March 23-24). The event is held every year to showcase the borough’s flora through a variety of activities that