Valentine's Day - February 14... In the west, Valentine's Day is the traditional day of lovers who express their love for each other by exchanging cards, flowers and confectionery. Valentine's Day is named after two early ...
REDUCED PRICES / Reduções de preços Feb 2010
Please log the following ref. numbers on our home page "Quick Search" and you go straight to the properties which have recently been reduced:
Apartments: AC007, AC010, AC015
Townhouses /vivendas geminadas: VC011, VC001, ...
Loulé Carnival 14-16 Feb.
In Loulé you will have the largest and most colourful carnival festivities in the Algarve culminate in a parade, street entertainment, fancy dress and all-night parties on Shrove Tuesday (16 February). Don’t miss it .....
NEW LISTINGS / Temos casas novas:Feb 2010
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See some of the world’s top motorcyclists in action in the Portuguese leg (the second of thirteen international races) in the Autodromo do Algarve near Portimão.
Welcome to the Rotary Club Estoi Palace International
Amongst the almost 100,000 foreign nationals resident in the Algarve, many have had years of Rotarian experience in their home countries. Some would very much like to ...
Faro Ryanair Base Confirmed Dez 09
Low cost airline Ryanair announced on Wednesday the 16th that it has chosen Faro airport to be one of the Company´s operational bases. Ryanair will base three aircraft in Faro from March 2010 and plans to open 14 new routes to ...
Portugal in Top 10 places to visit listNov. 09
Portugal has been chosen as one of the 10must -visit tourist destinations worldwide in 2010 by Lonely Planet.
The world famous tourist guide to countries and cities has included the country in it´s "Best in Travel Guide" for ...
Ryanair with new flights between Faro - PortoOctober 09
Ryanair will be starting a new route between Faro and Porto airport on October the 26th. Flights will run 4 days a week, on Mondays,Wednesdays,Fridays,and Sundays.
The Algarve will soon become a chosen destination for film production with the initial stage of its cinema studios due to be completed by 2011. Portimão Town hall and the Algarve Film Commission are behind the project entitled ...
Prospekter på NorskOctober
Vernon eiendomsmeglerbyrå har operert på Algarve-kysten i 30 år, og er derved et av de eldste i bransjen. Byrået er statsautorisert og er et portugisisk aksjeselskap.
Den pittoreske landsbyen Carvoeiro ligger mellom to åser.
Investment Opportunities in Portugal
Doing business with Portugal can be a profitable and enjoyable experience – let us help you to ensure that it is for you.
Investment Opportunities:
To foreigners Portugal is perhaps best known as a country of sun, sand and ...
Motor sport -
Location Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
Leading international motor racing events for motorbikes and cars.
The Vila Joya Food Festival - also known as Tribute to Claudia in honour of the co-founder of the hotel - was first held in 2007. It has since become an annual event, an ideal opportunity for Vila Joya's two-star Michelin chef ...
Wine Magazine
Algarve restaurants make Top 20 list No less than six establishments in the Algarve have made it into the list of Top 20 restaurants (for wine) in Portugal in the current issue of the country's leading wine magazine.
Algarve Wine Guide
New tourist board publication The latest edition of the Guia de Vinhos do Algarve (Algarve Wine Guide) is now available from the Algarve Tourism Bureau. A joint venture between the region's local tourism and agriculture ...
European Wine Bloggers Conference 30 Out -1Nov
The conference, taking place between 30 October-1 November at the VIP Grand Lisboa. The event brings together wine bloggers of all types (wine industry professionals and wine enthusiasts alike) to discuss the food, wine, ...
The Wine Show 2009 22-25 Oct
The Wine Show 2009
Exhibition dedicated to international wines, including a selection of wines and ports from Portugal. Highlights include wine tastings, budget and exclusive sections, and presentations and guided tours of ...
Algarve picks up top awards for....August 09
Regional tourism has received a boost by picking up the Best National Tourism Region award at the Annual Tourism Gala in Lisbon recently.
The event organised by Portuguese tourist newspaper Publituris and held at St Gorge ...
Algarve on the top 10 Holiday hotspot ....08/01/09
Travel operator Skyscanner.net has revealed that Faro was one of the top ten most searched for holiday destinations for 2009 by British travellers in December.
Faro ranked number six, with London being the most searched for ...
Light at the end of the tunnel for the Sterling situationJanuary 2009
Dear All We hope you had a great Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year!
According to Bloomberg article which we received from Alison Daun, Executive Dealer of the Global Currency Exchange Network - HSBC their U.
Investors look to Portugal for quality
According to Simon Perks, Deputy General Manager of the London Branch of Santtander Totta bank. When it comes to buying a holiday home, Portugal is synonymous with quality and British and Irish non –residents view the country as ...
LOOKING AHEAD TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE
Property markets are cyclical. There are highs and lows with upward and downward tendencies in between, all of which can be influenced by a variety of factors. In the Algarve, the market is susceptible to the knock-on effect of ...
Survey findings on second homebuyers
A survey focusing on the residential tourism market conducted this summer by the Lisboan- based travel and tourism consultancy ILM-THR chief Executive Officer, Andrew Coutts, said the findings and conclusions of the survey were ...
Global Currency Exchange
SAVE MONEY TODAY!
Vernon Estates have teamed up with a well known currency broker, Global Currency Exchange Network (GCEN), to provide an additional service for all our clients – helping to save time and Money on all ...
LOW COST airline Ryanair
The airline Ryanair demonstrated “courage and vision” according to António Pina, president of Algarve Tourism, as the company announced four new winter routes to Faro airport. The new routes launched on October 28, to Liverpool, ...
LOW COST flights from Norway to Faro
Søk Fly - Billigst fra Oslo nå Algarve – Faro (FAO) Kontakt : www.norwegian.no
Kundeservice Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Oksenøyveien 10A Postboks 115 1330 Fornebu Org.nummer: NO 965 920 358 MVA ...
New holiday letting law
New holiday letting law
It will come as relief to private owners who let their properties has been clarified. Owners must register their property at the local town hall, with the appropriate documentation and accompanied by ...
Land Registry Office Costs to be reduced By 50%...
50% reduction on the Land Registry Office.
The costs of the bureaucracy are going to reduced by 50%, and all real estate transactions will have from now on a fixed cost, starting on Monday the 21st of July.
The Algarve international racetrack /Autodromo do Algarve
The new Algarve International Racetrack was official inaugurated on the last 2nd November. It was hoped that everything to be perfect, when not only the proud host hopes to impress an international audience, but also to provide ...
New Lisbon airport./ Novo aeroporto de Lisboa.
Recent numbers have indicated that by the next year Lisboan airport will be leading with 14 millions passengers, reaching their maximum capacity in 2014/15 with an amount of 17 millions passengers per annum.
Energetic Performance Certificate January 09
Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) are being introduced to help improve the energy efficiency of buildings. To give information on how to make your home more energy efficient and reduce carbon dioxide emissions If you are ...
Best Environment for business 2008
According to the “ Global enabling trade report 2008” Portugal stands on 13th place in the indicator of “Best Environment for business”, this information was published by the World economical forum.
Out of a list of 118 world ...
PORTUGAL'S ROADS ARE GOING GREEN IN 2011!!
PORTUGUESE CONSUMERS should be able to buy an environmentally friendly electric powered car by 2011.
That is the plan announced last week by Prime Minister José Sócrates who signed a pioneering protocol in Lisbon with ...
Value Added Tax down a point
The Portuguese Government has announced that the Value Added Tax (also known as IVA in this country) is to be reduced from 21% to 20% from the 1st of July. The decision to lower the Portuguese rate came after the National ...
UK passports no longer issued in Portugal
Now that the UK passport issuing service in Lisbon has been closed, all British passport applications from both Portugal and Spain are being handled by a single centre, the British consulate-general in Madrid.
DOCS REQUIRED TO BE PORTUGUESE RESIDENT - DOCS NECESSÁRIOS
Non-Portuguese who wish to be permanent residents in Portugal must, apply for a residence permit (residência) through an office of the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras. There are two such offices in the Algarve: Faro & ...
FOREIGN DRIVERS – CONDUTORES ESTRANGEIROS
Changes in the law, effective from 1st January, enable foreign visitors to drive in Portugal on national driving licenses for up six months, providing they are over 18 years old. After six months an update form, with a Portuguese ...
MEDICAL & HEALTH - SAÚDE
Residents who contribute to the state social security scheme are entitled to free treatment at the state district hospitals in Faro, Portimão and Lagos, or at any of the local heath centres (centros de saúde), which deal with ...
Attention to alterations!/ Atenção às alterações!
New rules for annual car inspection.
The annual mandatory car inspection is now to be done on the day the license plate was issued instead of the date of the registry. The inspections can be done 3 moths prior to the date ...
Fitness centre "Vida Positiva" offers you several arts to treat and train your body and soul. Starting with RELAXING MASSAGE, PILATES, YOGA and ....
PEACEFUL PORTUGAL / Portugal o país mais tranquilo
Portugal is in the ninth most peaceful country in the world, according to the Gobal Peace Index that studied 121 countries from Algeria to Zimbabwe. It was the firs study to rank nations around the world according "to their ...
QUALITY, STYLE AND FUNCTIONALITY....
....are importante matters all around your home.
We can help you to make your home as your dream home.
We offer you a very high level of sevices (furniture, lighting, curtains, crockery, linen, inside decoration, artistic ...
IMT - Property purchase tax
IMT (property purchase tax)
which was formally known as the SISA is now payable on a sliding scale of 2% - 8%on all properties valued at more than €87,500.
5% for rural land and 6.
ATTENTION DEVELOPERS:
We have plots of land with approved projects for large developments, throughout the Algarve - Information and prices on request:
The Algarve won golf tourisms most prestigious awards. It was voted the best Golf Destination of the year by IAGTO´s “specialist golf tour operators”. The following criteria’s were considered:
- Customer ...
Oceânico’s Victoria Golf Course Champsionship
This year the Oceânico Group was once again honoured to welcome some of the World’s greatest golfers to the Oceânico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura, to compete in the Portugal Masters 2008. (16th -19th October)
Considered ...
New exciting developments, for a sound growth investment
If you are looking to buy in the Algarve either for residence or investment purposes, now is the time to do so…..
Look no further than buying on a development either still under construction or on an already established ...
four owners scheme (1/4 shares)
For a relatively small investment you become part owner of a freehold property which is yours to enjoy through out the year on a rotating basis. The scheme is very simple. With three other independent parties, you own a ...
Opening a Portuguese bank account
Santander Totta / Barclays / BPI / Banif are banking in Portugal.
One of their key areas of expertise is Mortgage, investment funds, personal finance, car finance, etc.
Combating Coastal erosion at Vale de Lobo
The Vale de Lobo golf resort together with the Loulé council and governmental environment agencies are working on immediate as well as medium to long terms measures to deal with coastal erosion, an on-going problem particularly ...
We have now intoduced the new service of MSN Chat. This enables our clients to ask any vital questions they may have without constant e-mails back and forth or expensive phone calls. If you are an e-mail account holder with ...
Black-listed Offshore Property Companies
As from December 2003 house owners who held their properties in any of the 83 blacklisted tax havens – Gibralter, Guernsey, etc… faced, and continue to face, enormous financial penalties if they remain registered in these ...
@ stands for knowledge
Portugal has been promoting an initiative so that all the students in Portuguese schools have computers and internet access. That initiative has now been extended to primary schools providing children with the first Portuguese ...
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