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Lagos Lives the Magic of Christmas with Exciting News

The municipality of Lagos once again embraces the holiday season with a diverse program for the entire family. From November 30 to January 6, Praça do Infante will return as the central hub of the festive season, hosting dozens of activities throughout the municipality. From performances, roaming and musical entertainment, storytelling sessions, Christmas craft workshops, … Read more

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Living in the Western Algarve!

The Western Algarve continues to be an attractive option for those looking for a quieter, nature-orientated lifestyle in a beautiful and genuine setting. The Algarve is indescribably beautiful and all of its regions are gorgeous!..but the Western Algarve, and in particular the Western Algarve Coast, is considered the most favoured in the south of Portugal. … Read more

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French Visitors Increased Tourism In The Algarve

As was predicted, in 2015 the Algarve region received an increase of 20.5 percent more French visitors between January and October. With visitors from the United Kingdom leading the chart, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland and France are following close behind with a significant increase of tourists who visited the Algarve in 2015. As was … Read more

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This year Portugal has 375 beaches of “gold quality”

The Algarve appears in the 2nd place of the classification Quercus, a non-governmental environmental organization, presented the 2019 Gold Quality Beach Award. Among those mentioned are the beaches of the Algarve (87) in second place, behind the Tejo and Oeste region, which includes 90 beaches. Next comes the North region (74), and the municipalities with … Read more

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Algarve tourism does not stop

Portugal remains among the best choice of destinations for tourists Algarve tourism gave positive signs of continued growth in the first half of 2019. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE) there was an increase of 9.3%, which is equivalent to an additional 2.17 million people. According to João Fernandes, president of the Algarve Regional … Read more

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Spring in the Algarve

Spring arrived early this year, on March 20. At this time of year, the sunnier days start to arrive, with temperatures rising, but the most striking characteristic is the colourful flowers.One of the most notorious famous trees characteristics of the Algarve is the almond trees, which is one of the golden ingredients of Algarvian baking. … Read more