If you're in the Algarve this weekend, you'll catch the first whiff of garlic, oregano and bay drifting out of the tascas, and the hand-written "Há caracóis" signs going up in windows along every coast road. Snail season is officially open, and Albufeira marks it with a full festival on Saturday. Over in Faro, blues guitar leaks out of the gilded Teatro Lethes for the festival's 12th edition.

A fresh and inspiring new digital magazine has launched in the Algarve, dedicated to wellbeing, quality of life, and conscious living: Health and Happiness in The Algarve.

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will visit Portugal, celebrating the enduring historical ties and modern relationship between the UK and Portugal.

On Tuesday 2nd June, the Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) will be presenting two lectures, in English, by Dr Anna Rufà. 

If you are here this week you can enjoy a caldeirada at the festival, Fado in Faro, Street Theatre, Jazz & Wine in Silves, windsurfing in Portimão and lots and lots of sunshine!

The Centro Hipico Quinta Paraiso Alto, near Bensafrim in the Western Algarve, was host to a range of disabled riders from across Portugal for a Special Olympics qualification event on 29^th April. 

If you were here this week you'd notice the rural Algarve quietly stealing the show. In Loulé, families are tying tiny bouquets of wheat ears, olive sprigs, daisies and poppies — the espigas that mark the Thursday after Ascension. Down on the eastern border, the streets of Vila Real de Santo António fill with three-cornered hats and pale silk gowns as the town turns the clock back to 1774.

Pentecost this year falls on Sunday, 24 May 2026, and Christ the King Anglican Church, Algarve warmly invites you, your family, and your friends to join us in echoing the first Pentecost more than 2,000 years ago.