Extend your swimming season with a Solar Pool Cover
It’s not too late to extend your swimming pool season. A drop in outside temperatures doesn’t mean you have to shut down your swimming pool. An AQP500 Geo-Bubble Solar Pool
In defence of the weed growers
Dear Editor, For obvious reasons I am withholding my name and address but would be interested to hear, via this letters page, what other readers think about the recent splurge
Ryanair insists on Faro airport expansion plan
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair announced that it is trying to find a solution to the Faro Airport expansion plan, which aims to increase winter flights and boost the number of
Bullfighting in Albufeira – please stop the cruelty!
Dear Editor, I am disgusted and mortified at the brutality of this tourist attraction! I was under the impression that these bulls weren’t harmed when buying the tickets. I left
Restaurant launches burger challenge
A recently opened restaurant in Praia da Rocha is creating a buzz amongst local residents due to a special challenge for clients which involves eating a massive 1.4kg burger. Opened
Golf hotel re-opens
Morgado Golf Hotel, located between the Portimão beaches and the Monchique mountains, is back in business and has recently re-opened, offering golf-lovers conveniently located accommodation in a picturesque and peaceful
Big spenders
The Portuguese judicial system spent more on letters and rental costs than on judicial support in 2012, reported newspaper i on September 11. Trial courts alone spent €31.7 million in
Charity Cocktails
The Faro branch of the animal association Animais de Rua is organising a charity cocktail workshop in Faro, on September 21, at 4pm. The event aims to raise funds for
New moves at Arte Algarve
By Natasha Donn Everything’s changing at Arte Algarve. The huge collective OPEN VIII that has been showing all summer will be closing its doors today (September 13) and prepare for

