Monte Gordo welcomes first electric vehicle charging station
Vila Real de Santo António has unveiled the municipality’s first electric vehicle charging station. It is located on Rua Nova de Lisboa in Monte Gordo near the local parish council
Monte Gordo unveils revamped gardens
Vila Real de Santo António council officially unveiled the new renovated gardens near Monte Gordo’s beach on Saturday (February 8). The gardens have received a complete facelift with new green
Monte Gordo migrants get instant asylum in Portugal
Eight young North Africans who arrived in Monte Gordo on an old wooden fishing boat from Morocco yesterday (click here) have been offered asylum in Portugal. Cristina Gatões, director general
Monte Gordo honours patron saint with beach procession
Monte Gordo will be paying tribute to its patron saint Nossa Senhora das Dores with 12 days of festivities between September 4 and 15, the highlight of which will be
“Phase one” of Monte Gordo beach boardwalk completed before July
Vila Real de Santo António council has announced that the first phase of construction of Monte Gordo’s beachside boardwalk will be completed by the end of June. The 2km structure
‘Etniarte’ turns Monte Gordo into ethnic hub
People from several corners of the world will be arriving in Monte Gordo near Vila Real de Santo António for an ethnic art fair taking place next Thursday (August 18)
Child footballer nearly drowns at Monte Gordo hotel
A 12-year-old Portuguese boy nearly drowned before being rescued from the pool of Monte Gordo’s four-star Yellow Hotel on Tuesday (June 21). A GNR source told the Resident that a
Dutch woman found dead inside motorhome
A 75-year-old Dutch woman was found dead inside a motorhome in Monte Gordo’s camping site on Tuesday morning (March 1). National tabloid Correio da Manhã reports that “she had not
Minipreço expands network in Portugal
Dia, the Spanish distribution chain that runs Minipreço supermarkets in Portugal, has expanded by seven outlets this year, bringing the number of stores available in this country now to 620.
British man found dead in Monte Gordo hotel
A 36-year-old British man was found dead in a Monte Gordo hotel room in the morning of May 21, police have confirmed. According to Jornal de Notícias, the body was