Some of my clients stay there and love it. But, I confess I was rather shocked when last year I went to the Spa's reception with a friend and the ceiling was peeling. Plus, they did not accept cards for payments, which put my friend off. I wouldn't be able to comment on anything else as I don't know!!

Gambrinus...my God, all those figures!!! :D Anyway, as far as I know there are many projects for many regions in Portugal that now want to catch up with the Algarve, offering their own diverisified products. Alentejo for example has for the past years become a "posh" area to buy country cottages. Ma...

Guest, I had a phone call enquiring about that book (maybe it was you). I found short references to it here and there but then no matter where you look it is not listed on databases or any bookshop on line.

Couldn't trace it I'm sorry to say...maybe anyone here knows anything about it?

Falas Português???!!! Olha, olha...

Hmmm....maybe not!

I know there is... I just said what I did because promotions here are so rare that you forget they exist. From what I remember every aisle in dear old Asda's had promotions like that.

Do we have special offers in Portugal???!!!

Me personally, I'd like to live in a very modern, minimalist apartment in a biggish city or a city by the sea, somewhere in Europe. That always appealed to me as long the city has huge parks, with lakes, rivers or if it was by the sea...But I wouldn't mind a holiday home deep in a forest in Norway ...

Just came across this. You'd be scared to know that I know about more or less half a dozen people whose relatives had strokes in the past couple of months. The mother of someone I know died. My dad died with one three years ago...well, IMHO and from the research I've made my dad was given the wrong ...

What do you think on Portimão, Sunny? I think it's a mess! One of the ugliest places I've been to! Thank Goodness for Alvor even though it's still got those horrendous tower blocks built in the 70's. Portimão is incredibly degraded. There are lots of antique facades that could be restored - even if...

Algarve architecture is a bit limited. In some ways I understand it i.e the traditional white cal painted buildings with the the light blue and moorish style with the chimneys etc but in other ways it is a tad restrictive and boring and most of the new villas are very dull and square boxy. I tend t...

I'm having soya milk and yogurts and the moment which I buy from Leclerc in Portimão. I believe they also have Tofu bruxy...I'll double check. Then there is a great health shop in Portimao (near the center) called UNIVERSO that has two shops in the same street, one with vitamins and natural medicine...

Bruxinha did very well! I hope she goes back to do it again...a lot of people would benefit from her advice.

That's "common practise" I'm afraid...not saying that everyone will put prices up but from my experience YES it does happen! I'm having to pay more myself to have a drink in the cafe next door. One of the things that people complain to me all the time is that everything is as expensive or more expen...

hair dryer on wheels.

That's exactly what we had. Our car went to the garage for a few days and we had no option but to rent a car for 25€ day.

Sundance: if I may ask which shop is that in C'vo or would you rather not tell? And this happened this year..? I'm actually in Alvor and this happened about two weeks ago. One of the girls said she was Romanian when she was distracting me at the back of the shop, but she could be from anywhere and ...