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Category Archives: Places to Visit
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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The Magic of the Christmas Presépio
There is something magical about the traditional Presépio here in Portugal – and aside from all of the major ones that abound in the towns and cities .. we were astonished and delighted to visit the tiny village of Alferce, near … Continue reading
Posted in Algarve, Events, News and information, Places to Visit
Tagged Algarve, art, Charity, Christmas, churches, Culture, days out, events, exhibition, Monchique, Portuguese people
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Christmas is coming to a market near you!
It’s time for the Christmas markets to begin .. time to dust off the tinsel, unpack the shiny gifts and wonderful home-made crafts and products .. and set up a stall at one of the many fairs that are advertised … Continue reading
Posted in Algarve, Businesses, Eating out, Events, News and information, Places to Visit, Shopping
Tagged Algarve, art, Charity, Christmas, Culture, days out, eating out, exhibition, Food, Lagoa, Markets, reviews, Shopping
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Feira de São Martinho in Portimão
The Parque de Feiras e Exposições in Portimão is once again the setting for the annual Feira de São Martinho, which is apparently the oldest fair of its kind in Portimão, dating back to 1662. We blogged about this fair last year – … Continue reading
Posted in Algarve, Eating out, Events, News and information, Places to Visit, Shopping
Tagged Culture, days out, eating out, events, exhibition, Food, Portimão, Portuguese people
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