Flamingos in the Algarve: The Best Places to Find Them

Flamingos in the Algarve

Flamingos, in the Algarve? To newcomers to the Algarve it’s often a surprise that you can find Greater Flamingos here. Amazingly though, there’s actually several places you can catch these incredible birds in the wild. Unfortunately for us, they’re not permanent visitors, but they do stop for food and shelter on their way to their …

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Algarve… e Schweppes (Algarve and Schweppes?)

Schweppes Sign Algarve

Across the Algarve you might have seen bold and colourful advertising signs stating Algarve… e Schweppes. Some of these signs, made up of painted tiles have actually been around since the 1950s. It all started with an Instagram post of us finding a tiled advertisement for Schweppes in São Brás de Alportel, in the Algarve. …

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