Useful information
Here are some facts and advices we believe will be good to know for those who come and visit Albufeira and the Algarve region for the first time. In this tourist guide, you’ll find a collection of tips, recommendations and contacts on diverse matters such as how to move around, average costs of things, precautions to take, a helpful phone book, links to websites of interest, etc.
- General Tips
- Local Transport
- Calendar of Events
- Useful Contacts & Links
We recommend the participation on our very active Forum to find further tips and share your experiences on Albufeira.
Monthly events in the Algarve Region
November 2012
9.30pm
Algarve Orchestra German Music Cycle
Complete symphonies of Beethoven • Ticket Sale: On the concert's day
Location: Albufeira's Municipal Auditorium
3pm
Workshop: Heritage and Tourism
Information and registration:
joao.pereira@cm-albufeira.pt • jreis.1034@cm-albufeira.pt
Location: Noble Hall at the Albufeira Town Hall
POSTPONED TO UNDETERMINED DATE
From 2 pm to 6 pm
Saint Martin's Day Celebration
Location: Albufeira's Municipal Tourism Office
3 pm
Saint Martin's Day Celebration by ACRODA
Location: Olhos de Agua Municipal Market
3 pm
Saint Martin's Day Celebration at Ferreiras Parish
Location: St Joseph Church Square - Ferreiras
4pm
Information Session | AGE
"Exercise Regime of the Industrial Activity and Responsible Industry System"
Location: Albufeira - Municipal Library Lídia Jorge
4.30pm
Conferences Cycle | AGE
"Algarve/New resources, new businesses"
Information: age@cm-albufeira.pt • phone: 289 599 662
Location: Albufeira - Municipal Library Lídia Jorge
7.30pm
2nd Solidarity Dinner
"Awakening Consciences" by Rotary Club
Location: Multipurpose Space of Albufeira
Painting Exhibition "Pagan Goddesses and Others"
by Carmen dos Santos
Location: Albufeira's Municipal Tourism Office
10am
4th Youth Cross Country Albufeira
Location: Albufeira - Cross Track at Açoteias
Exhibitions of the illustrations by Rachel Caiano
allusive to the books of the writer Gonçalo M. Tavares
Location: Albufeira - Municipal Library Lídia Jorge
Painting Exhibition "The turns the world makes"
by Arlindo Correia Marfins
Location: Albufeira - Painter Samora Barros Art Gallery
Exhibition "Made in Algarve"
presents success cases of QREN
Location: Albufeira Town Hall
Annual Market Fair
Location: Caliços Market
For full list of events across the Algarve, open the Online Algarve Guide - November 2012
December 2012
Christmas Activities
Recreation and educational activities for children
Location: Albufeira - Municipal Library Lídia Jorge
Sat & Mon: 11.30 - 1.30pm, 2pm - 7.30pm; Tue - Fri: 9.30am - 1pm, 2pm - 7.15pm
«Algarve in free themes»
Photography exibit by Paderne Photo Club
Location: Lídia Jorge's Municipal Librabry
Mon-Sat, 9.30am - 12.30am, 1.30pm - 5.30pm
"5th National Contest of Painting, Sculture and Photography"
«Rehabilitating through Art»
Location: Albufeira's Municipal Gallery
Photo Exhibition "Inhabited Files: Metaphorical Collection"
by Rui Gregorio
Location: Albufeira's Archeological Museum
Mon-Sat, 9.30am - 12.30am, 1.30pm - 5.30pm
«A More Ecological Christmas in Albufeira»
Traditional Christmas decoration contest made with recycled material
Location: Samora Barros Art Gallery
Paderne Medieval Fair
The town of Paderne will be the stage to parades, tournaments, exhibitions,
medieval market, musical performances and other types of historical
representations
Location: Paderne
10.30pm - 2am
New Year's Eve Festivities
In Old Town:
Shows starts at 10.30pm with the band "Expensive Souls".
Coundown and fireworks display at midnight, than the music performance restarts
for another 30min.
Location: Fishermen's Beach
On The Strip:
Fireworks display at midnight, than the «Star Parade»will go on until 2pm.
Location: Oura
For full list of events across the Algarve, open the Online Algarve Guide - December 2012
Regular Markets in Albufeira County
| Date/Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month | Caliços Market | |
| 3rd Friday of the month | Guia Market | |
| 1st Saturday of the month | Paderne Market | |
| 2nd and 3rd Saturday of the month | Flea Market | Caliços |
| 1st Sunday of the month | Flea Market | Olhos d'Água |
| 4th Saturday of the month | Flea Market | Areias de S. João |
