Category Archives: Algarve
The Algarve is second best holiday value destination
Swings in the global exchange markets and local price changes have made Bali the cheapest holiday destination in the entire world with the Algarve being the first runner up thus making it the best value in Europe.
Algarve is a top surfing destination
There is one aspect of the Algarve that we haven’t talked about that much on our site and that is the fact that the Algarve is a top surfing destination, a record-breaking one actually, but more on that later.
Algarve hotels closing down for the winter
Despite the very active campaign, and the measures adopted by the Portuguese
government, which has started this year, to keep Algarve hotels open during the winter it
appears that an increasing number of hotels will still be closing down for the winter.
Various tourism sector industries including the president of the AHETA hotel and resorts
association – Eliderico Viegas – have explained that winter hotel lock-downs are starting
to increase in number because the various entities have not been able to fight the Algarve’s
biggest weakness to its tourist, its seasonality.
Algarve Tourism Board launches New Year campaign
The Algarve Tourism Board – RTA – recently launched a new multimedia campaign meant to sway Portuguese and Spanish tourists into spending their New Year’s in the region.
Algarve to fight fire with foliage
Portugal and the Algarve especially always braces itself for another devastating round of forest fires and regardless of how much is spent on prevention, it never really seems to make a real difference.
Mediterranean Diet wins UNESCO seal of approval
We talked earlier about Portugal’s claim to UNESCO to recognize the Mediterranean diet as an intangible cultural item and it appears that they have done it.
