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Ferragudo guide
As part of our Ferragudo guide we’ll start by telling you that to get here from Faro on the EN123 you have to take the turn just before Portimao Bridge, thus you’ll be reaching this western Algarvian ‘Cornish’ town.
Fuzeta guide
We start our Fuzeta guide by mentioning that you might actually see two different spellings of the Olhao district: Fuzeta or Fuseta; they are both correct and are derived from the old spelling Fozeta. This too derived from the Portuguese word for ‘mouth’ or ‘foz’, the idea behind the name being ‘mouth of the river’ because the districts sits upon an estuary spread in front before the Altantic Ocean.
Albufeira campaing underway on cliff dangers
For those of you thinking that the main dangers of visiting Albufeira revolved around getting sun burn, getting a bit lost, or maybe in the worse-case-scenario you’d get something stolen, then you should add the possibility of a cliff falling either on you, or from beneath your feet.
Algarve property market seems to be stabilizing
After a few years of going downwards, a recent survey into the Algarve property market has revealed that the overall majority of leading agents in the region – 92% in fact – are reporting increased confidence levels as well as a growing trend towards market stabilization.
Algarve wants winter tourism
Last week in Albufeira, the national tourism board Turismo de Portugal, announced a massive plan meant to combat seasonality in the Algarve by increasing the number of visitors to the region in the winter season.
Monte Gordo guide
Today we’re going to look at another Algarve destination that you might not have heard of, so here is our quick Monte Gordo guide.
The town of Monte Gordo, as opposed to most other destinations in the Algarve is actually a pretty large and spacious one; many of its wide streets having been exclusively dedicated to pedestrians.
