Learn how to sing in Portimão
A singing workshop will be held at Espaço Portas do Sol in Portimão next month (February 28) from 9.30am. Each person is asked to bring three songs to practice. Admission
Portimão-Bragança air link off to disappointing start
New flights linking Portimão to Bragança in the north of Portugal – via Cascais, Viseu and Vila Real – are off to a predictably slow start with a disappointing average
Portimão to ‘rent out’ roundabouts for advertising
In an effort to keep its roundabouts well-maintained without having to spend any money, Portimão’s cash-strapped council has decided to ‘rent out’ roundabouts to companies in exchange for gardening services.
Algarve businesses are “stars” of new Portimão conference
Students from Portimão’s Hotel and Tourism School will be holding a conference on December 18 designed to promote the Algarve’s most original and successful small businesses and inspire aspiring entrepreneurs
Portimão “happier Christmas” walk takes to riverside on December 5
A charity walk designed to provide a “happier Christmas” for people supported by Portimão-based association Grato will be held in the town’s riverside area on Saturday, December 5. Those interested
Portimão-Bragança air link to open in January
Flights connecting Portimão to Bragança could be operating in January, Portimão’s deputy mayor Castelão Rodrigues has told Lusa news agency. The news came shortly after Rodrigues confirmed that renovation work
Nursing association candidate claims 10% of casualty nurses in Portimão have tuberculosis
He could not have been more wrong, but the words of José Carlos Gomes – a candidate to lead Portugal’s nurses association – have been diligently repeated by the country’s
St Andrew’s Society promises fun night of Scottish traditions
The St Andrew’s Society of the Algarve will be having its annual St Andrew’s Ball on Saturday, November 28, at the usual venue of the Penina Hotel, near Portimão. Starting
Portimão hosts 353rd Feira de São Martinho
It’s the oldest fair in Portimão’s history and characterised by piping hot chestnuts in dinky paper cones. The 353rd Feira de São Martinho starts on Friday at Portimão’s exhibition centre,
Three people arrested in large drug bust in Portimão
Three people were arrested and around eight kilos of hashish and €12,000 in cash were seized in a huge drug bust in the Western Algarve on Monday (October 19). The