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Martin’s Culinary School Carvoeiro
Peter and Susanna from Togofor-Homes real estate agency, recently ‘dared’ to take part in a cookery course from Martin’s Culinary Art School & Restaurant. Continue reading
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Tagged Carvoeiro, cookery class, fish, Food, reviews, Togofor-Homes
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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
REFOOD Volunteering
This is a guest article by Christine Holmes, supporting the REFOOD Programme here in the Algarve. Why would you not? Volunteer that is! It’s all a big plus as far as I’m concerned and I’ve been doing it for 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, eating out, Food, restaurants
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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
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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
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Tagged Culture, days out, eating out, events, exhibition, Food, Portimão, Portuguese people
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The local Magusto Fair in Alferce
We have a bit of a joke running with friends who took us to visit the quaint village of Alferce near Monchique … that no-one actually lives there! It’s a tiny village, with a population, according to Wiki, of 441 people in … Continue reading
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Tagged Azulejos, birds, Culture, days out, eating out, events, Food, Markets, Monchique, Portuguese people
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Portimão shops are coming back to life
We were recently asked to write an article for the in-flight magazine of easyJet airlines (so if you are flying with them soon – look out for us in the magazine in front of your seat!) and we chose to … Continue reading
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Tagged eating out, Economy, Food, Markets, Portimão, reviews, Shopping, wine
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Easter Fair in Ferragudo
Easter in the Algarve is often a gentle affair – and the first Easter fair to be held in Ferragudo reflects this – it’s full of homemade goods and crafts and pretty gifts. The ‘Mercadinho de Páscoa’ can be found … Continue reading
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Tagged days out, events, exhibition, Ferragudo, flowers, Food, Markets, Portuguese people, Shopping
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A Chocolate Fair in Loulé?! Yes Please!
A Chocolate Fair … just down the road you say?!?! A Fair with stands and displays .. full of chocolate?! Well of course we’ll visit it for you .. just for the readers of our blog you understand … purely … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, eating out, events, Food, Loulé, Markets
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