Alvor hotel reopens under Tivoli brand
The New Tivoli Alvor Algarve Resort features 491 Rooms, five outdoor pools, one indoor pool and more – July 6, 2023 | Text Michael Bruxo The all-inclusive five-star hotel formerly known as Pestana Blue Alvor has reopened under the Tivoli brand as the Tivoli Alvor Algarve Resort. The resort is located in the tourist hotspot of Alvor in Portimão, just a short walk from the beach. In a statement to the press, the resort is described as...
Lagoa welcomes 4th Piano Festival with four different concerts this May
This year’s edition brings together solo piano, jazz piano, four-hand piano and orchestra – May 4, 2023 Starting this May 7th, the 4th edition of the Lagoa Piano Festival comes to four different Lagoa boroughs. The festival, organised by Artis XXI – Associação de Educação Artística de Lagoa, will take place each Sunday at 6.30pm throughout this month. This year’s theme will be about reflecting on the piano in its various...
Silves Orange Festival returns this February for its seventh edition
“Orange Flavoured Weekend” returns to Silves in recognition of the region’s reigning fruit – January 19, 2023 The city of Silves is hosting the seventh edition of the “Fim de Semana com Sabor a Laranja” (Orange Flavoured Weekend), between February 10 and 12. The three days will be entirely dedicated to gastronomy made using the queen of the orchard, highlighting the unique quality of oranges and other citrus fruits produced in...
Lagoa Street Artist Huariu running for International Award
Algarve street artist Huariu (Stephen Jones) is currently in the running to win an international award for a mural he painted in Cambre, Spain in July 2022 – January 19, 2023 The impressive mural, which depicts a child with a butterfly on her shoulder, is nominated for the ‘Best of 2022’ award organised by online platform Street Art Cities. The award aims to single out the best out of 100 graffiti nominated around the world....
Second edition of the Living in the Algarve seminars was a great success
Future events have already been announced to happen in Lisbon and the USA – June 27, 2022 The second edition of the Living in the Algarve seminar events was another success, and organisers are planning a next stop in Quinta do Lago and plans announced to stage further events in Lisbon and the USA. The Open Media Group, publishers of Inside Carvoeiro magazine, staged their second ‘Living in the Algarve’ event at the Cascade Wellness...
Lagoa Wines shine at Wine Cities Competition
ARVAD Wines’ “Touriga Nacional” and Quinta dos Vales’ Marquês dos Vales Grande Escolha, both produced in Lagoa, were awarded the Grande Medalha de Ouro (Grand Gold Medal) and the Medalha de Ouro (Gold Medal) at the Wine Cities Competition (Concurso Cidades do Vinho) – May 16, 2022 The event was held between May 5 and 8 at Setúbal’s Hotel and Tourism School and included a 30-strong jury of experts tasting 346...
Lady in red – New and exciting beginnings for the art gallery in Lagoa
A new multi-functional events venue is rising from the shadows of the old Adega building in Lagoa. The massive venue, spanning about 3000sqm on top of the bottling and warehouse space of the wine cellar, and complemented by a huge parking area that’s ripe for development, has now been taken over by Liz and Peter Roberts who have injected a new lease of life into the previously underused space and also created some distinguished...
From the life of the Flamingo
Next to the bee-eater and hoopoe, the flamingo, also referred to as the greater flamingo, is one of the exotic birds visitors to the Algarve would most like to see Until the 1980s, there were hardly any flamingos in the western part of the Algarve. Nowadays, this somewhat grotesque, but also elegant-looking large bird, can be observed at various locations. Since this species prefers brackish water or salt water, larger groups...
Macdonald Monchique
Inside visited the new Macdonald Monchique Resort & Spa, a luxury haven away from the busy coastline Anyone hoping to escape the scorching Algarve heat and its bustling beaches can now enjoy a luxurious holiday in the foothills of the beautiful Monchique Mountains. The former Longevity Wellness Resort, which had been closed for several months, has been taken over by leading UK hotel group MacDonald Hotels & Resorts and...
It’s all about the beer
Liquid gold is probably the most important thing at Oktoberfest, but there’s much more to it than that. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, they live for Carnival, in Munich, Germany, for the Oktoberfest. When one is over, it’s time to look forward to the next. But what exactly is the Oktoberfest? The Oktoberfest tradition started in 1810, to celebrate the marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig to the Saxon-Hildburghausen Princess Therese....
