Tag Archives: reviews

Martin’s Culinary School Carvoeiro

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

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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Living the Dream – The Book

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

Living the Dream – in the Algarve, Portugal. New book just released by Alyson Sheldrake. Available in paperback, Large Print Edition, and eBook version on Amazon. Continue reading →

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Palm Beach Restaurant Exceeded our Expectations

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

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 →

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Best Expat Blog Portugal Award

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

Well that was a nice surprise yesterday – we received an e-mail from MoneyTransferComparison.com letting us know that we had won their award of ‘Best Expat Blog – Portugal’ for 2017! Here’s what they posted about our award: Well how nice is … Continue reading →

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Christmas is coming to a market near you!

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

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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The new Explore Algarve app hits the heights

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

We are delighted to be able to introduce you to a fabulous new app that is taking the Algarve by storm – it’s the new Explore Algarve app and we can highly recommend it! We decided to contact the owner … Continue reading →

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300 Days of Sun – Book Review

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

We were recently contacted by the English author Deborah Lawrenson, and asked to review her latest book ‘300 Days of Sun’ which is set in Faro and Lisbon – we were happy to say yes; and once Alyson had sat … Continue reading →

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Portimão shops are coming back to life

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

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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A Lota – a fusion of flavours

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

They say that you should never judge a book by its cover – and this seems especially true as we review this restaurant in Armação de Pêra for you. Established over 30 years ago, it’s fair to say that the … Continue reading →

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Raj Indian Restaurant review

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

Although we both love traditional Portuguese food and flavours, every now and then we both crave something that is a little more hot and spicy – and maybe it’s the fact that one of us is originally from Birmingham .. … Continue reading →

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