The new Olhão shopping centre, will have three cinemas. They will be occupying the space that was planned to be used as a gymnasium. Ria Shopping will have three cinemas, one of which will be 3D (the first of its kind in the Algarve), each with about 100 seats, and which will open for business at the end of June.

Already firmly on the map thanks to its peaceful eastern Algarve riverfront location, low density luxury homes and impressive Severiano Ballesteros- designed 18-hole golf course

Building work at Faro Airport could create between 200 and 300 direct new jobs. The prediction comes from the Minister for Public Works, Mário Lino.

Faro airport is to undergo major development work which will see its capacity rise from six million passengers a year to eight million by 2013.