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Sagres Fort: €8 million renovation project
What was once considered the end of the world, literally, and later a starting point for the Portuguese Discoveries, Sagres Fort has not received the treatment it deserves in recent times, being untouched for the past fifteen years. A new €8 million renovation project and the creation of an exhibition...
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Vilamoura to get facelift
Vilamoura is to undergo 1.3 million Euros worth of redevelopment works. The project will be carried out in three phases by Inframoura, the company responsible for the maintenance of the public spaces in Vilamoura, and starts after the summer so that it does not affect tourism activity. The first phase...
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NGO A Rocha wants to start an ecotourism company
The environmental association A Rocha is planning to launch an ecotourism business to show the Algarve and Alentejo natural beauties. Guillaume Réthoré, one of the volunteers involved in forming the company assumes that the goal is to start before the end of 2010, but they don’t have a concrete date...
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European Poker Tour returns to Vilamoura
The seventh season of the European Poker Tour has commenced and will be coming to Vilamoura from August 28th to September 2nd. It is the second year running this renowned tournament is taking place in Vilamoura, attracting some of the best players in the world to compete for the massive...
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New Spa at Longevity Wellness Resort
The 1.5m euro (£1.24m, US$1.98m) spa within the 55m euro (£45.2m, US$70.5m) Longevity Wellness Resort in the Algarve has opened. Covering a total area of 387,500sq ft (36,000sq m) with a 9,150sq ft (850sq m) spa, the property has been created to bring an integrated medical spa to a resort...
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Eco Tourism is a growing market in the Algarve
The boat tours on the Ria Formosa, and the walking and sightseeing tours on the countryside and mountain, are a market niche for the nature lovers. Bird watching is also a growing sector. The Sun plays with the water and a soft breeze rocks the boat leaving from the pier...
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Algarve leading family destination holiday
The Algarve has this week emerged as the preferred destination for British parent’s who can look forward to getting more holiday cash this year than last if they visit the eurozone, thanks to a rise in the value of sterling, Post Office Travel Money’s new Family Holiday Report has revealed....
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EN125 project to begin in September
As one road works project in the region is completed, another is set to begin with Paulo Campos, the assistant secretary of state for public works and communications, confirming during the inauguration of a new bypass in the Loulé area that the works to improve the EN125 across the Algarve...
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