Living in Canada we know a thing or two about mosquitoes. We would never dream of not having fly screens on all our doors and windows. When we bought an apartment in Carvoeiro the first thing we did was put screens on all doors and windows and have never ever been bitten inside, believe me this is o...

Thought I had finally solved this problem. I registered on time and completed certificate returned from Lisbon to my Lawyer. All I have to do according to Lawyer is within 48 hours of tenant arriving let her have date of arrival and departure, mailing address of renter, total amount paid and copy of...

Does anybody know what is being built on hill behind Poço Partido. You can see it driving from Intermarche and turning left in to PP. It's a grey fort like structure and getting bigger and bigger.

If you have an EU passport you can stay as long as you like. If you don't have one you need a visa to stay longer than 3 months.

Re using a Blackberry as a Modem. I have done it in Canada but it’s a very expensive way of doing it. I tested it vs. a regular modem and cost difference unbelievable. I have used my Canadian Blackberry for a number of years (not as modem) in Carvoeiro and got excellent reception. What I did was set...

Hi If your still looking for Chicken George take the road almost opposite the Rocha Brava main entrance going (towards Lagao) the road takes a sharp right turn then comes to a cross roads, go staight across and down hill (it's a narrow road). Chicken George is at bottom of this hill which is a dead ...

Not withstanding the comments from Mr. Crane, thanks for all the constructive comments but nobody did answer my question "Is there a minimum time (or charge) each time you access". Reason I ask is, this is often the case were I live. I fully realise there is confusion as to which forum to use but si...

Sounds much better than the TMN stick I used last year although signal strength was excellent . The TMN system costs 20 Euros /month and purchasing stick was 80 Euros. Although only allowed 1MB of data/month this not a problem since only used for email. We spend winters in Carvoeiro (Jan-May) and th...

Thanks, I know were it is now. Maybe see you there next year.

Thanks Steve. Where exactly is vale del Rei. I seached on web an some maps have it halfway between CVO an Vale e Centiannes but others say it is close to Benagil an Marinho beach.

Does anybody know if Tai Chi classes aer available in the CVO area starting in January 09.

Thanks Snowbird. Only thing I can add is 1KB per month is probably more than enough for emails but if you ever needed more probably SAPO deal is better since they offer same plan as others but in addition you get an equal amount of wifi time so if you had to do some heavy duty surfing you could use ...

Thanks just read Kanguru in general Carvoeiro section and believe we are all talking same thing. Last year I saw the ad for Kanguru and since I use Optimus phone I checked with them but at that time the Optimus/Kanguru service not available in CV. I then checked with Sapo and they tried to sell me a...

Thanks, and very interesting, didn't know this was available and I do meet all the reqirements. 2MB is good, the service I descibed is only 1MB One question, do yo need a phone line to use this service.
PS I am also a Toronto snowbird.

I visit CV each year (January-May) in past have used wifi for internet since you had to purchase yearly contract from providers. It now appears both Sapo and Vodafone are offering no contract portable broadband connection for 1 Euro per day (minimum 10 days). Speed and size are limited but adequate ...