The Algarve is set to get its first nursery with extended opening hours, including nights and weekends, to help parents whose ...

Portugal’s beach-filled southern coastline has long been considered the country’s summer playground. And while the west side has enjoyed the lion’s share of the tourist trade since the 1970s, the east ...

An unusually high number of whales are being spotted off the Algarve coast, with researchers now studying the growing ...

We’re standing outside a gateway to the old town in Faro, the capital of the Algarve in the south of Portugal, when our tour guide asks: “How many of you have come from somewhere else in Portugal — ...

Sometimes, the Algarve gets a bad rap. After six decades as a prime package-tour destination, it’s perhaps no surprise that sun-drenched southern coast of Portugal can trigger a sniffy reaction from ...

Portugal’s sun-soaked south-meets-west coast comes into its own in the summer months. It’s a gloriously varied and enticing landscape—a seemingly never ending series of rocky coves and luminous ...

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Experience off-peak Algarve on bike and on foot ... and away from the masses The streets of Albufeira were emptying as I caught the last of the afternoon sun. Shopkeepers were packing away their ...