Algarve wins four Portugal Travel Awards
Conrad Algarve Hotel, Dom José Beach Hotel, EPIC SANA Algarve Hotel and Onyria Palmares Golf were the four Algarve representatives that brought home an award from the Publituris Portugal Travel
Economy Minister crowns tourism “champion of economic recovery”
“Tourism is the champion of economic recovery” – the words came from Portugal’s Minister of Economy António Pires de Lima last week, only a day after it was announced that
Police unrest as French holidaymakers “lay bets” on cop attacks
Albufeira || Police have gone national over the bizarre new fad among visiting holidaymakers to lay bets on cop attacks. Their appeal follows violent scenes at a rave last week
Foreign tourists spent €81.3 per day in Algarve last year
INE || Each foreign tourist who stayed in the Algarve last year spent an average of €81.30 per day. The data comes from the National Statistics Institute (INE) and is
Disco-dodging tourists leap into Portugal’s Tejo River
An Italian and a Swede enjoying a night out in Lisbon ran up such a large bill at a local disco that they decided to make a run for it.
German tourist falls to her death in Madeira
A 48-year-old German woman has fallen to her death from a mountain pass in Madeira. This is the third death of holiday walkers this month. The first – also involving
Tourists’ early morning stroll ends in tragedy
Death || A French tourist was killed outright and three Koreans badly injured when they tried to cross the busy Marginal road linking Cascais with Lisbon early on Thursday morning.
Algarve promoted as ideal Easter destination
A promotional campaign advertising the Algarve as the perfect destination for an Easter holiday – or even just a break – has been launched by the Algarve Tourism Board throughout
“More tourists, less money”, predict restaurateurs
Beachfront restaurateur Francisco Barbosa had never before seen three people share a soup, or two people share a glass of wine or a cup of coffee – but this is
No sign of Madeira tourist swept into the sea
Sea searches resumed today (Wednesday) for the German tourist swept away from a beach in Madeira on Sunday. The 63-year-old man had been taking photographs on Achada da Cruz beach,