The historic city of Tavira in the eastern Algarve is a gateway to one of Portugal’s most biodiverse protected habitats, the ...

JUST off the Algarve coast, near Faro, is the Ilha Deserta. This literally means “deserted island”, but there was no going ...

A new luxury escape has arrived in southern Portugal — and it brings together fine wine, literature and sweeping Atlantic ...

Landing at Faro Airport at dusk. The welcoming glow of the Western Algarve is now more accessible, with a new direct route from Newark Liberty International. It’s exactly 60 years ago this summer that ...

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 ...

The Algarve region is known for its sun-kissed balmy beaches, whitewashed fishing villages, rocky sea cliffs, pinnacles, arches, and coves with wild shores made for surfing. There are so many fun ...

“Hey, New York!” called out my Algarve boat tour operator, pointing across the blue-green water to the clifftop Fortress of Sagres, one of the westernmost points in Europe. “You could leave from there ...

Falésia beach on the Algarve was recently named the best on Earth by Tripadvisor. But what makes it so special? Mary Lussiana was born in England to Anglo-Polish parents and wrote three Polish cookery ...

There was a huge Easter Folar event in Quarteira, held on Rua Vasco da Gama.