Portimão’s Sardine Festival begins next week
Sardines will be taking centre stage at Portimão’s popular ‘Festival da Sardinha’, which begins on Wednesday, August 12 and will run until Sunday, August 16. Arguably one of the most
Portimão hosts Praia da Rocha waterslide
Portimão’s busy V6 avenue will turn into a gigantic waterslide this weekend (August 8 and 9) from 10am. Entitled ‘City Water Slide’, the event will see the final stretch of
Portimão petrol station evacuated due to gas leak
Fears for a fire or potential explosion led authorities to evacuate a Portimão petrol station on Saturday night (July 1) due to a gas leak. The leak was flagged by
Millions of Lego pieces used in Portimão exhibition
A “mega exhibition” made up of over five million Lego building blocks will take place at Portimão Arena between August 15 and 30. Entitled ‘Portimão Arena Fun Brick’, the event
Portimão mayoress accused of axing reviled tax with “elections in mind”
Portimão mayoress Isilda Gomes is once again in the hot seat for her council’s unexpected plan to revoke the town’s reviled civil protection tax. While everyone is happy to see
Portimão to axe reviled civil protection tax
Portimão council has announced plans to revoke its much-maligned civil protection tax, implemented last year in the face of massive local uproar. While opposition parties celebrate the news, locals are
Portimão also holds Street Food Festival
Following the success of a similar festival in Lagos, Portimão is to hold its first Street Food Festival from July 23 to August 2 at Alameda da Praça da República.
Portimão to name street after former First Lady Maria Barroso
Portimão council may soon be naming one of its streets after Maria Barroso, the wife of former President of Portugal Mário Soares, who died this week. The suggestion was approved
Police detain Romanian couple suspected of enslaving man in Portimão
A Romanian couple suspected of enslaving a 61-year-old man in his own Portimão studio apartment for nine years has been detained by PJ police. Fernando Rocha is reported to have
Fado sensation teams up with Algarve wind orchestra
Cuca Roseta, one of the most acclaimed voices of the new fado generation, will be accompanied by the Orquestra de Sopros do Algarve for a unique concert at the Teatro