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51. Faro - More Than A Gateway To The Algarve
(News/Latest News)

...with an interesting history. Both Arab and Roman ruins can be found in Faro but the majority of the present buildings were built following the earthquake of 1755. The old part of the city is particula...

52. Forget golf, try tennis in the Algarve
(News/Latest News)

...us to play on unloved courts when surrounded by immaculately trimmed gardens and beautifully kept paths and buildings. It won’t take much to bring them up to standard, but in the meantime, if yo...

53. Faro
(Artigo Estático)

...al in the centre of the Largo de Sé was probably built on the site of a Moorish mosque. The fine old buildings on the perimeter of the square include an 18th Century Episcopal palace and the cu...

54. Faro International Airport
(Artigo Estático)

... PUBLIC TRANSPORT Road: Taxi: Taxis can be caught from outside the terminal building, near the Arrivals concourse. Bus: Buses can also be caught outside the terminal ...

55. RTA wants to have a tourist office in Seville
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

...nto a “consular office”, and provide other services relating to the Algarve in the characterful building, which is the property of the Seville local authority and the subject of a concessi...

56. The "hotel" that is in fact an eco-friendly restaurant
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

...ly visible to people coming ashore on the Ilha Deserta. From the outset, voices were raised criticising the building of a "hotel" in the middle of the Ria Formosa Natural Park, but in fact i...

57. Naturists want to make Praia das Furnas official
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

The president of the CNA, Álvaro Campos, told the Algarve Observer that the club is seeking to make the Praia das Furnas in Vila do Bispo an official naturist beach. In the coming weeks, the re

58. Five-star times two within five years
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

In Vilamoura on Tuesday, the Minister of the Economy restated the government’s intention to double the number of five-star hotels in the region over the next five years and said that by August a

59. Broad band for the Algarve “put on hold” by the government
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

The linking of the sixteen Algarve municipalities by means of a broadband fibre optic network is to be postponed once again. The project, organised by Globalgarve, had applied for funding from the &

60. Tavira turns tyres into a road
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Almost 4,000 tyres were used for the building of a road in Tavira. The municipal president said that the tyres used by municipal residents each year are sufficient for building 20 kilometres of road

61. Sports complex ready for inauguration
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Excitement is building among Lagos residents in the run up to the inauguration of the town’s new sports complex Complexo Desportivo de Lagos - Pavilhão Municipal, due to take place on S

62. “Shop of the World” opens in Faro
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

The first fair trade shop in the Algarve has opened in the Jardim da Alameda. A great place for a relaxing stroll, and also for buying coffee, tea, infusions, biscuits, cocoa, honey, rice … a

63. Parque das Cidades to house Congress Centre
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Faro and Loulé councils want to set up a Congress and Exhibition Centre next to the Algarve Stadium. The project already exists, what they need now is the cash. After the Stadium and the Cent

64. Work preparing for the Rally of Portugal underway
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Work on the construction of the super special stage in the Algarve Stadium started on Monday. The investment is worth some 400,000 euros. On Monday, the company Tecnovia began work on the circuit in

65. Algarve region: pioneering use of fibre optics
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

The Algarve has the conditions to become the first region in the country with a fibre optic network available to ordinary users. Speaking on the occasion of the signing of an agreement between his c

66. Faro Municipal Market to undergo more building work
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

...d people by escalator from the basement could soon be a reality. Air conditioning boxes which disfigure the building are also to be covered. Building work that was not completed during the constructio...

67. Algarve Racing Circuit to go ahead
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

The Portimão Council has approved the “detailed plan” for the Algarve International Motor Racing Circuit. The document, which was approved on Wednesday, now goes to the CCDR, the

68. Artificial island raises doubts in Faro
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Faro Council is concerned about the possible effects on coastal erosion in the municipality of building an artificial island off the tourist resort of Vale do Lobo. In a letter to which the Lusa age

69. Orquestra do Algarve makes historic visit
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

...nesday by being the first orchestra ever to give a concert at the Assembleia da República Parliament building) in Lisbon. The concert was organised following an invitation from MP and Social De...

70. Sale of Lusotur Golfes about to be formalised
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Negotiations for the sale of Lusotur Golfes are already at an advanced stage. André Jordan confirmed that the proposals were already at the stage of being analysed. Meanwhile, the Algarve Obs

71. Lagoa takes a step towards greater mobility
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Lagoa Câmara has pledged to invest in the community and create a wheelchair friendly area. A document will be signed between the câmara and the Associação Portuguesa de Plane

72. Thousands flock to BLiP
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Some 8,870 people, with a staggering 1,000 visitors in the first half-hour on Sunday, poured into Portimão’s new exhibition centre at ExpoArade over the weekend to find out why it really

73. Vale do Lobo III will cost 500 million euros
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

The approvals needed for the advancement of the project Vale do Lobo III have now been granted, thus allowing the development of the area. In all, the investment in the project will be around 500 mi

74. Faro Atrium should open by end of 2006
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Faro atrium, the new shopping centre and cinema complex due to open in Rua de Santo António in downtown Faro, is expected to open by the end of this year, if all goes to plan. There has been

75. Better Living in Portugal
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

The 2006 Better Living in Portugal exhibition (BLiP) will be held at the Parque das Feiras (ExpoArade) site in Portimão on October 14 and 15. The exhibition, which was conceived by AFPOP, ai

76. The Mines of São Domingos
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

A landscape which is out of the ordinary. A little-known fluvial beach. Rural and traditional gastronomy. A forgotten place, distant from the urban bustle. Hours and yet more hours of sun throughout

77. Free wireless internet access in town centres
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

There are 16 areas in the Algarve where you can now access the internet for free, by switching on any laptop with a wireless facility. Known as “hotspots”, these special zones exist in

78. Sagres Oceanography Centre will go ahead
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Construction of the Sagres Oceanography Centre, a centre for research and education in marine and earth sciences, located close to the Porto da Baleeira, will get underway by the end of the year, d

79. International school to open in Eastern Algarve
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

Welcome news for the eastern Algarve as a new international school is to be opened in one of its most picturesque and relaxed areas. For those with children, the area has presented one significant

80. Centre for Live Science reopens its doors in Faro
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

... sea.The reopening of the centre, where the Faro power-station once operated, will see a new image of the building and the inauguration of a new permanent exhibition. The Centre for Live Science wa...

81. Algarve?s C?maras will spend 700 million euros in 2006
(Arquivado/News/Latest News)

IN 2006, the Algarve’s 16 borough councils will collectively spend a total of around 700 million euros. With the exception of the budget plans for the borough of Lagoa, for which agreement is

82. Sagres
(Artigo Estático)

... 1459. It was also damaged by the earthquake of 1755. Some alterations to the church were made, such as the building of a new bell tower over the old charnel house of the cemetery. There are still a s...

83. Faro
(Artigo Estático)

...al in the centre of the Largo de Sé was probably built on the site of a Moorish mosque. The fine old buildings on the perimeter of the square include an 18th Century Episcopal palace and the cu...

84. Faro International Airport
(Artigo Estático)

... PUBLIC TRANSPORT Road: Taxi: Taxis can be caught from outside the terminal building, near the Arrivals concourse. Bus: Buses can also be caught outside the terminal ...

85. Aeroporto Internacional de Faro
(Categoria como Blogue)

Aeroporto Internacional de Faro Informações Gerais Numero de Terminais  1 Tel.: +351-289 800 800 Fax: +351-289 818 802   E-mail: faro.airport@ana-aeroportos.pt   contact

86. Faro
(Categoria como Lista)

O aglomerado proto-urbano de Faro, antiga Ossónoba, remonta à II Idade do Ferro (Sec. IV a.C. - Época Romana ). Os pratos de pescado encontrados em escavações no Lar