Calling all sardine lovers. Sardine season is well underway in the Algarve as fishermen and chefs are equally as busy keeping up with the demand to supply what is possibly Portugal’s favourite dish. Though we have to admit the fishermen have a more challenging task than the chefs in the quest to quench locals’ and
In a Portuguese summer you can virtually guarantee to have great weather and nothing goes hand in hand with hot weather quite as fluently than at a festival of love, union, peace and psychedelic music. The satisfaction of this heady amalgamation is demonstrated affectively at Portugal’s Freedom Festival. The six-day Freedom Festival 2013 will run from
If you are lucky enough to be spending some time in the vicinity of Porto this June then you may be interested to hear that Muse will also be in town. You do not often find many great bands coming out of the West Country, but with Muse, Devon can boast that their county has
Not only is the Algarve blessed with boundless stretches of beautiful beaches but it is also a hub for creative arts, meaning the southern Portuguese region takes some beating when it comes to having a beach holiday with a cultural twist. Summer 2012 looks like the Algarve is more determined than ever to provide a
Start the summer in style at the Loule Festival Med 2012! The town of Loule is one of the most popular places to visit in the Algarve. Being just a stone’s throw – 16 kilometres – from Faro Airport, tourists can arrive in the Algarve and within no time at all can be enjoying the many
Whilst October can only be described as being well and truly engrossed in autumn in the UK, in the sunny Algarve, October can be described as being late summer, where the days are still beautifully warm and the nights refreshingly crisp. If you do have an inkling to escape the onset of winter in Britain
Exhilarating, bold and precarious – The Rally de Portugal 2012. From 27 March 2012 – 1 April 2012 some of the best rally drivers in the world will race across the Algarve. The 1000 kilometre race will take drivers of only the best calibre on the international rally driving circuit, across perilous tracks, vast stretches
From Thursday 25 August 2011 until Sunday 28 August, the ancient town of Castro Marim on the eastern edge of the Algarve will be holding the Medieval Days of Castro Marim festival 2011. This fun, family-orientated event is free for all and includes many colourful and exciting children’s activities, delicious local cuisine being served in
From Saturday 4 June 2011 until Sunday 5 June 2011, the International Algarve Fair will be taking place in the town of Lagos. Cited as being “where all the Algarve meets”, this annual event seems to go from strength to strength and attracts an escalating international crowd with each passing year. With hundreds of exhibitors,
In typical up-to-date fashion, Vintage Travel is pleased to inform its readers of newly released ‘hot off the press’ tickets for the New Year’s Eve Party at Pestana Golf resorts on the Algarve. If seeing the New Year in for the umpteenth consecutive year down your local doesn’t wholly inspire you this year, or forking
