Located on the edge of the southern Portuguese coastline of the Mediterranean Sea, the Algarve is one of Europe`s most renowned
sunspots and prized international holiday destinations.

Properties in Portugal have become a lot more affordable for Britons, a new survey has found. Research by money exchange firm Currency Index indicated that a combination of factors have made buying in such countries less expensive, with prices, mortgage costs and exchange rates all increasingly favourable, the Press and Journal reports.

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.

Getting away from it all has to be one of the best things about going on holiday. Leaving behind the hurly-burly of work, the stresses of
home and sunning yourself and relaxing means holidays are the most looked forward to things on our calendars.