Category Archives: Algarve
Loule voted European City of Sport 2015
The Algarve city of Loule has been voted ‘European City of Sport 2015′ and it hopes that this will allow it to stay on as the host of the Rally Portugal. This is the third time that a Portuguese time has won this award but it is the first time a city in the Algarve won it.
Top 10 Summer Activities in the Algarve
Summer is coming and one of the best places to spend it is in the sunny happy Algarve, so let’s look into the Top 10 Summer Activities in the Algarve together!
International Algarve Fair
The International Algarve Fair is planning to be a great event for kids, even though it is an International business fair however, it has managed to very successfully mix the business side with the feel of a traditional village festival by making sure that there are things to do and ways of entertaining family members of all ages, even those with four paws.
2014 to be the best summer season in Portugal
Based on the confidence rating of over a hundred public entities and private companies, this year’s summer season in Portugal will be the best one in a very long time. Actually on a scale from 0 to 100, the overall confidence rating reached 74 for the 2014 summer season whilst the same study in April 2013 had an average confidence index of 61.1. It should be noted that last years was also one of the best years on record for the tourism industry in Portugal.
A22 Algarve ex-toll road sees growth
Since the introduction of electronic tolls a few years ago, traffic in the Algarve has been greatly affected, especially for foreign visitors who are unfamiliar with the system and the payment method. As a result, 2011 and 2012 saw a considerable drop in users of the motorway A22 Via do Infante in the Algarve. Nevertheless, surprisingly, 2013 was a return to business for this ex-SCUT toll-free motorway.
Tourism chief predicts great year for the Algarve
Desiderio Silva, the ever-optimistic president of regional tourism board Turismo do Algarve has said that 2014 will be a great year when talking to the Lusa news agency following data which revealed that the Algarve tourism sector grew in terms of tourists, sleepovers, profits and occupancy rates during the summer of 2013, when compared to the same period in 2012.
