https://albufeira.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:38:44 +0000 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:55:40 +0000 https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.03 360 albufeira.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9643 https://albufeira.com/forum//images/albufeira-forum-logo.png https://albufeira.com/forum/ https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100301.html#100301 Author: gerry
Subject: 9643
Posted: 23/November/2016 at 09:55

DICEYUK wrote: MyHotelBrand - you have come on here and asked us for advice. Based on our own experiences, we have given you honest and accurate answers to your questions and provided you with all the information that you need to make your visit easy, cost effective and enjoyable. You can either follow the advice that we have given, noting that we are all in complete agreement as to what that advice is, or you can ignore everything we've said. That appears to be your preference but that is your choice. We have tried to help you the best we can and we can do no more. We had the same palaver a few weeks back when you were trying to book a flight and then get a train/bus to Lisbon. You appear to be making the arrangements for your holiday as complicated and difficult as possible. What I would personally suggest is that you are probably not suited to a holiday in the Algarve as the transport and shopping facilities here obviously do not meet your expectations. There are millions of visitors every year who simply get on a plane and fly to Faro, get a transfer to their hotel and then spend the next 2 weeks enjoying themselves. It seems to work for most people who do not spend weeks & months trying to over-complicate what is a fairy simple exercise. I bet you've even got a spreadsheet for it. Therefore, you may have a more enjoyable time, if indeed that is your objective, having your holiday somewhere else that is easier to organize. If I were you I'd get a cheap Easyjet flight from Vienna to any destination where there is a hotel right next door to a Makro.

 Well said]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:55:40 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100301.html#100301 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100300.html#100300 Author: Algarveaddick
Subject: 9643
Posted: 23/November/2016 at 09:11

DICEYUK wrote: MyHotelBrand - you have come on here and asked us for advice. Based on our own experiences, we have given you honest and accurate answers to your questions and provided you with all the information that you need to make your visit easy, cost effective and enjoyable. You can either follow the advice that we have given, noting that we are all in complete agreement as to what that advice is, or you can ignore everything we've said. That appears to be your preference but that is your choice. We have tried to help you the best we can and we can do no more. We had the same palaver a few weeks back when you were trying to book a flight and then get a train/bus to Lisbon. You appear to be making the arrangements for your holiday as complicated and difficult as possible. What I would personally suggest is that you are probably not suited to a holiday in the Algarve as the transport and shopping facilities here obviously do not meet your expectations. There are millions of visitors every year who simply get on a plane and fly to Faro, get a transfer to their hotel and then spend the next 2 weeks enjoying themselves. It seems to work for most people who do not spend weeks & months trying to over-complicate what is a fairy simple exercise. I bet you've even got a spreadsheet for it. Therefore, you may have a more enjoyable time, if indeed that is your objective, having your holiday somewhere else that is easier to organize. If I were you I'd get a cheap Easyjet flight from Vienna to any destination where there is a hotel right next door to a Makro.

Probably the best thing anyone has ever posted on here. Certainly the best thing you have ever posted, David... ]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:11:42 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100300.html#100300 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100298.html#100298 Author: sidsmum
Subject: 9643
Posted: 23/November/2016 at 08:14

That'll be lost in translation me thinks!!!!]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:14:04 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100298.html#100298 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100296.html#100296 Author: DICEYUK
Subject: 9643
Posted: 22/November/2016 at 23:56

MyHotelBrand - you have come on here and asked us for advice.
Based on our own experiences, we have given you honest and accurate answers to your questions and provided you with all the information that you need to make your visit easy, cost effective and enjoyable.
You can either follow the advice that we have given, noting that we are all in complete agreement as to what that advice is, or you can ignore everything we've said.
That appears to be your preference but that is your choice.
We have tried to help you the best we can and we can do no more.
We had the same palaver a few weeks back when you were trying to book a flight and then get a train/bus to Lisbon.
You appear to be making the arrangements for your holiday as complicated and difficult as possible.
What I would personally suggest is that you are probably not suited to a holiday in the Algarve as the transport and shopping facilities here obviously do not meet your expectations.
There are millions of visitors every year who simply get on a plane and fly to Faro, get a transfer to their hotel and then spend the next 2 weeks enjoying themselves.
It seems to work for most people who do not spend weeks & months trying to over-complicate what is a fairy simple exercise.
I bet you've even got a spreadsheet for it.
Therefore, you may have a more enjoyable time, if indeed that is your objective, having your holiday somewhere else that is easier to organize.
If I were you I'd get a cheap Easyjet flight from Vienna to any destination where there is a hotel right next door to a Makro.

]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 23:56:56 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100296.html#100296 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100293.html#100293 Author: Algarveaddick
Subject: 9643
Posted: 22/November/2016 at 08:59

Yes - odd how some people get their kicks? Perhaps s/he's Makro's PR person? ]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:59:15 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100293.html#100293 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100291.html#100291 Author: tonisdad
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 19:13

Mind the entertainment is starting to get a bit boring now.
Repetition normally a sign of low intelligence.
]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:13:14 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100291.html#100291 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100290.html#100290 Author: MyHotelBrand
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 18:32

The downloadable timetables on the EVA website do not show all stopping places.

Thats the worst Public Transport System ever...

On their timetable search they do not even list that stop!

How about onboard the Bus? How i know to get off? and how I can find the Bus stup return?!

which is a completely different town about 15km from Albufeira.

haha just 15km... Sorry thats the only Forum I could find for the hole Area.

Sorry local supermarkets dont offer that large size products like the Makro does.
]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:32:56 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100290.html#100290 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100289.html#100289 Author: cubsur
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 18:26

"ok I look on the EVA PDF: http://eva-bus.com/horarios.php
and non of them shows the Stop."

I can assure you that all the Transrápido and Algarve Littoral buses from Armação de Pêra towards Albufeira and Faro stop at Algarve Shopping within 1 minute of the time at GUIA, as do the very infrequent buses between Armação de Pêra and Albufeira via Guia. 

The downloadable timetables on the EVA website do not show all stopping places. On their timetable search they do not even list that stop! That is probably the reason why almost no-one uses a bus to get there.

And since there is that large supermarkett of Pingo Doce brand 10 minutes walk from Holiday inn and a smaller Intermarché store about 5 minutes walk, there is no need at all to make the trip unless you wish spend some hours in the shopping centre.

With respect this is not the place to ask about an hotel in Armação de Pêra, which is a completely different town about 15km from Albufeira.

There are 800 reviews, the most recent from last week, at https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g189113-d259497-Reviews-Holiday_Inn_Algarve-Armacao_de_Pera_Faro_District_Algarve.html

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:26:26 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100289.html#100289 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100287.html#100287 Author: MyHotelBrand
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 14:56

You do not need to go traipsing half way round the Algarve to go to Makro - they do not sell anything that Pingo Doce doesn't sell and I very much doubt if they sell Austrian Seasoning/ Herbs - there are not many Austrians in the Algarve unless of course you count all those idiots who walk along the beach with ski poles when it's 90 degrees in August.

I mean the Makro/ Metro offer normaly "local" Products in big portions site without wasting space.

The timetable clearly shows "Algarve Shopping", but as we keep telling you, DON'T BOTHER! Buses have no numbers, if you must, go to the stop at the appropriate time and catch the bus with the final destination written on the front.

ok I look on the EVA PDF: http://eva-bus.com/horarios.php
and non of them shows the Stop.

Here is a link I found in 15 seconds to an Armacao forum

lol its "tripadvisor" who have worst Website ever.

I've stayed in that Hotel when it was called Hotel Garbe.

Can you tell me something about the Hotel?

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:56:21 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100287.html#100287 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100285.html#100285 Author: tonisdad
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 12:00

gerry wrote: Look out Armacao de Pera here comes "the last of the Big  spenders"

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:00:39 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100285.html#100285 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100284.html#100284 Author: tonisdad
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 11:59

DICEYUK wrote: there are not many Austrians in the Algarve unless of course you count all those idiots who walk along the beach with ski poles when it's 90 degrees in August.

LOL   I`m crying  laughing at that one I thought it was only us who thought that.

I think somebody is taking the p**s on this thread...but actually it is quite entertaining.
]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:59:39 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100284.html#100284 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100283.html#100283 Author: gerry
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 10:49

Look out Armacao de Pera here comes "the last of the Big  spenders"]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:49:41 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100283.html#100283 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100278.html#100278 Author: Algarveaddick
Subject: 9643
Posted: 21/November/2016 at 07:56

The timetable clearly shows "Algarve Shopping", but as we keep telling you, DON'T BOTHER! Buses have no numbers, if you must, go to the stop at the appropriate time and catch the bus with the final destination written on the front.

Here is a link I found in 15 seconds to an Armacao forum: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowForum-g189113-i1466-Armacao_de_Pera_Faro_District_Algarve.html
]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:56:06 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100278.html#100278 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100276.html#100276 Author: DICEYUK
Subject: 9643
Posted: 20/November/2016 at 18:12

Clearly you are in need of help
I've stayed in that Hotel when it was called Hotel Garbe.
You can buy all the stuff you need no more than 2 minutes walk from the hotel and there's a fantastic bread & cake shop just across the road.
There's also a daily indoor market just up the road and you are not far from Pingo Doce who have more Salami and Chillies than you can shake a stick at.
You do not need to go traipsing half way round the Algarve to go to Makro - they do not sell anything that Pingo Doce doesn't sell and I very much doubt if they sell Austrian Seasoning/ Herbs - there are not many Austrians in the Algarve unless of course you count all those idiots who walk along the beach with ski poles when it's 90 degrees in August.
Save yourself the bother of taking buses and taxis to Makro or anywhere else because it will be a waste of time, money & effort.
And by the way, Armação de Pêra is not "remote".
In fact it's a decent sized town and if you're going in July or August then you'll find the place is absolutely rammed.
Oh, and two other things -
1. The bus timetables in The Algarve are accurate and they haven't changed in 20 years so they're unlikely to change anytime soon
2. This is not Greece, this is Portugal and they don't have anything that looks like a N Korean supermarket.


]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2016 18:12:46 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100276.html#100276 https://albufeira.com/forum/supermarkt-company-in-pt_topic9643_post100275.html#100275 Author: MyHotelBrand
Subject: 9643
Posted: 20/November/2016 at 15:42

lol...
I dont need something special or an restaurant. I am happy with ordinary Baguettes and Salami, Dried Bacon and that stuff. I also eat Chili out of an Can.
Trust me that is not the first time in an "remote" area. When i way in Greece in Feb the Supermarket there look like an DDR or North Korean Supermarket...

So when I stay 1 Month there maybe the Hotel offer me some special offer.
Thanks to my IHG Status I get normally an nice upgrade to an great Room (depent how many rooms are available).
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