4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (251+ words) Loulé Council has launched a new programme aimed at getting more people exercising by offering free fitness activities in public spaces, in partnership with local gyms. Called ATIVO (Active), the initiative will initially focus on Loulé, Almancil and Quarteira, before…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (769+ words) There was something wonderfully authentic about that simple statement. A few years earlier, I had trained with the Virtues Project, which profoundly influenced the way I thought about qualities such as kindness, courage, honesty and integrity. Rather than simply saying…...

6+ day, 55+ min ago   (248+ words) Portuguese cinemas enjoyed a bumper August, welcoming almost 1.8 million spectators – 83.5% more than in the same month last year. The surge was driven largely by the latest Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which became Portugal’s most-watched film of 2026 within just…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (234+ words) Truck drivers, transport professionals and heavy-vehicle enthusiasts will gather in Loulé from September 11 to 13 for the 10th edition of the Loulé Truck Drivers’ Meeting (Encontro de Camionistas de Loulé). The biennial event will once again take place at Parque das Cidades,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (469+ words) Friends in Business Algarve will officially launch its Ferragudo Christmas Festival campaign with a community and sponsor evening on Tuesday, November 10. Light Up Ferragudo will take place from 5pm at Quinta Heights in Sesmarias, Ferragudo, next to Quinta da Boa Nova,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (301+ words) Old Course Vilamoura is continuing its series of guest-chef dinners with two new events on August 29 and September 5, bringing together acclaimed Portuguese chefs and winemakers. The dinners follow an August programme that welcomed three Michelin-starred chefs to the Algarve golf…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (391+ words) Historic Quinta das Lágrimas in Coimbra will celebrate its 700th anniversary with the launch of its first Harvest Party, bringing together regional wines, fire-cooked food and music in the estate’s gardens. The inaugural event will take place on September 18 from 6.30pm to…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (423+ words) Arrebita Portimão, an open-air celebration of Portuguese food, is returning to Alameda da República on September 5 and 6, bringing over 20 chefs from across the country and 10 Algarve producers to the centre of Portimão. Running from 5.30pm to 11pm on both days, the festival…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (492+ words) Portugal will be hosting the “Best Sommelier of the World” event in Lisbon in October, “with the aim of promoting itself as a country of quality wines and not quantity”. ‘Sommeliers’ (or wine stewards) from 72 geographies are expected. President of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (708+ words) A potentially historic advance in cancer treatment has raised hopes that personalised vaccines could become a powerful new weapon against cancer – while scientists in Portugal are pursuing research in closely related fields of cancer immunotherapy and personalised medicine. Pharmaceutical companies…...