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Alcantarilha guide
We haven’t looked at some Algarve destinations in a while so today we’ll offer a short Alcantarilha guide in our series of general guide articles.
This used to be a small village but it has grown quite a bit during the past ten years thanks to EN125 running through it. In the old part of the village very little has changed, it still features the very particular narrow lanes and a main street that runs the length of the village, growing narrower near the rather impressive church where it’s only a car’s width.
Sagres’ second Heritage bid is in the works
The Algarve city of Sagres has a very rich history and lots of natural heritage. It has been dubbed as a ‘sacred promontory’ by ancient philosophers and is one of the globe’s major reference points in regards to prehistoric menhirs however, despite all of these fact its recognition as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO has not been granted.
Algarve’s image as a safe destination is crucial to record-breaking August
Portuguese tourism officials are celebrating a record-breaking August in terms of tourism revenue and the reason for this being that foreign tourists who otherwise would probably have visited the Middle East this year but went for a safe destination, choosing alternatives because of unrest in that part of the world.
Portugal trying to claim the Mediterranean Diet
It appears that Portugal is trying to claim the Mediterranean Diet, at a meeting in Azerbaijan, as an intangible cultural item. This is strongly and directly linked to the Algarve because the Portuguese delegation will be made up of representative of the ministry of Agriculture as well as the Tavira council, and they will argue the case and claim the lifestyle diet for the Algarve.
The Algarve coastline is planned to get a facelift
Even though there’s been this constant mantra-like line going about the Algarve in recent times of “there is no money”, it appears that the Algarve coastline is set to receive a major 5.4 million Euro face-lift as part of a whopping 200 million Euro that will be spent on the entire country’s coastline.
Faro aims to focus on health and wellness tourism
We’re keenly aware of the Algarve’s aim to broaden its appeal to a wider range of tourists, mainly focusing on marketing itself in its off-season as well, but Faro appears to be going in a different direction, namely the health and wellness tourism sector.
