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My Top 5 Algarve
My Top 5 Algarve
The best of the Algarve in one handy guide.
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Posted in About us, Algarve, Art, Beaches, Book, Eating out, Events, Food, Language, News and information, Photography, Places to Visit, Portugal, Shopping, Sports, wine
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A Covid Christmas in the Algarve
Well, it has certainly been a strange year, and I am sure for many people, they will be glad when 2020 is over. I have been at best bemused, and at worst, completely confused by all the different Covid measures … Continue reading
Posted in About us, Algarve, Art, Book, Events, News and information, Places to Visit
Tagged art, Books, Charity, Christmas, Lagoa, Photography
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Palm Beach Restaurant Exceeded our Expectations
We are big fans of the Holiday Inn Algarve, so we were obviously intrigued to hear they were responsible for refurbishing the old and dilapidated Palm Beach snack bar right on the beach at Armação de Pêra. Dave was asked … Continue reading
Sagres at Sunset
Sagres is the most westerly town of the Algarve and is an impressive display of enormous cliffs and vast beaches, with the pounding of the waves from the Atlantic Ocean and the accompanying cooler temperatures – usually carried along by … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography, Places to Visit
Tagged Animals, beaches, birds, events, exhibition, Photography, Walking, weather
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Silves Medieval – Part 2
We promised you that we would return and take more shots for you .. so here they are! This lovely lady – the enchanting Magda (above) – is going to find herself on the front cover of an Algarve magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Photography, Places to Visit
Tagged art, Culture, days out, events, Photography, Silves, Silves Medieval Fair
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The 2017 Silves Medieval Fair
It’s our favourite time of year (again!) The Silves Medieval Fair is up and running .. and of course we were there as soon as it opened with our cameras for you. We have blogged about this many times before, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News and information, Photography, Places to Visit
Tagged Culture, days out, eating out, events, Silves, Silves Medieval Fair
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Silves Medieval Mural art
The city of Silves has been busy brightening up its streets thanks to the brilliant grafitti art work of Hélder José (known as ‘Bamby’), and Filipe Gusmão, of Style Spectrum: They have been busy transforming the area in front of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Events, Photography, Places to Visit
Tagged art, Culture, events, Photography, Silves, Silves Medieval Fair
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Spring has sprung at the Silves Garden Fair
Has it really been a whole year since we visited last year’s ‘Spring Garden Fair’ at Silves? We already had Saturday 4th March written in the diary for this year’s event, but we have to say we were greeted with … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Places to Visit
Tagged Culture, days out, events, exhibition, flowers, plants, Silves
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Loulé Carnival 2017
Regular readers will know that Loulé Carnival is one of our must-see events of the Algarve calendar .. we absolutely love the colour, music, vibrancy and spectacle that makes up Carnival each year – and Loulé is the place to … Continue reading
Posted in Algarve, Events, Photography, Places to Visit
Tagged Algarve, Carnaval, Culture, days out, events
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First Algarve Photography Walk for Dave Sheldrake Photography
For some time now Dave has wanted to organise an informal group to help people to become a better photographer. The idea is not to offer formal teaching, just to create events advertised via a Facebook Group page, where people can … Continue reading
Posted in About us, Algarve, Events, Photography, Places to Visit
Tagged Algarve, Culture, days out, events, flowers, Photography, Tours
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