Green Wave - Albufeira T1

17/09/2025

E Gates from 12 October

The new European external border control system for non-EU citizens will begin operations on October 12 in Portugal and other Schengen area countries.

20/05/2025

Ooops. Not a good advert for the Algarve!

Long queues at Faro Airport continue as frustrated passengers call for a definitive solution to the recurring problem.

14/02/2025

A fine place!

Wearing bikinis and going shirtless may soon be banned in the city, as it fights against badly behaved tourists.

10/10/2024

01/09/2024

September 6, 7 & 8 at Albufeira Fisherman's Beach square.

The city's popular festival returns on September 6, 7 and 8 with seafood galore and live entertainment.

08/05/2024

Carvoeiro boardwalk and surrounding area is stunning 😎

25/04/2024

Carnation Revolution in Portugal 🇵🇹
25 April 1974 🇵🇹
50th anniversary today 🇵🇹

The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April (Portuguese: 25 de Abril), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon,[2] producing major social, economic, territorial, demograp...

16/04/2024

25th April is the 50 year celebration of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal.
A commemorative €2 coin to be struck.

22nd APRIL - LAUNCH OF THE COMMEMORATIVE COIN OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 25TH OF APRIL

On Monday, April 22, Banco de Portugal will release the coins into circulation.
There are 500,000 commemorative two-euro coins to be distributed during the Carnation Revolution celebration period.

“Distribution to the public will be carried out through the banks, Banco de Portugal treasuries and Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda stores”, reads on the Banco de Portugal website.

On the coin, a carnation and 50 lines are drawn to represent “the different ideas and projects that were born that day”, accompanied by a phrase from a poem Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen - “Esta é a madrugada que eu esperava” from the poem “O Nome das Coisas”.

08/04/2024

W**e Festival 🍷🍷
Come and sample some incredible w**es from all over Portugal 🇵🇹 🍷😎

The Portuguese W**e Show will take place in Albufeira this weekend, bringing hundreds of Portugal’s best w**es to the Algarve.