Algarve hospitals to provide home care at four nursing homes
Elderly patients to receive medical care without having to leave nursing homes The Algarve University Hospital Centre (CHUA) has extended its home care network to include four nursing homes in
Portimonense: Benfica travel south
Liga Portugal Bwin: Vizela 1-1 Portimonense Portimonense extended their winless run this year to 10 games last Sunday afternoon when achieving their fourth successive draw at Vizela. A relatively uneventful
Casa Inglesa celebrates 100 years in Portimão
Casa Inglesa, founded in 1922, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Although it doesn’t have the spark and vigour of the past, it is still a meeting point and
Portimão begins demolition work to make way for new riverside road
A set of rundown houses which will make way for a new road linking Largo do Dique and Rua Júdice Biker started being demolished in Portimão’s busy riverside area on
Portimão market celebrates juicy Algarve oranges
Portimão will celebrate the Algarve’s famously juicy oranges with its 14th ‘Orange Week’ at the municipal market between February 8 and 12. The event allows people to buy the oranges
€420,000 revamp of Portimão’s tennis and padel complex
A revamp of Portimão’s municipal tennis and padel complex has been completed, the local council has announced. The works started in 2020 and involved renovation of the complex’s five tennis
Praia da Rocha boardwalk to be completely replaced
Portimão Council has revealed that the replacement of Praia da Rocha’s beach boardwalk is moving along at a “good pace”. Costing over €1 million, the project involves the complete replacement
Marc Thivierge, a Canadian artist in Portimão
“High Tide, Low Tide” is a new visual arts exhibition opening on February 14 at the EMARP reception hall in Portimão. It will be the first time that Canadian visual
Algarve International Piano Festival returns to Portimão’s TEMPO theatre
After an “online edition in 2021”, the Algarve International Piano Festival is returning to Portimão’s TEMPO theatre for a series of live concerts. The sixth edition will begin on Saturday
Portimão uses music to promote social integration
A new project in Portimão is using music to promote the social integration of children and youngsters from the Cruz da Parteira neighbourhood into the local community. Entitled ‘PorTiArtista’, the