Flying is becoming very expensive also deterring British visitors. I looked at flights from Faro to UK early September next year and prices are approaching €400 one way.

It's all Facebook and Whats App nowadays anyway. Forums and chat rooms are so 20th century!

We have now bought a place in Spain and spend a lot of time there.

We have a plane to drive down for a visit hopefully next year. (8 hour drive)

Prefer Santa Eulalia area down to Oura.

Olhos at a push.

Not interested in Old Town or Marina.

Prefer not to have yapping dogs.

Thank you.

Been looking at prices for now August they are wanting £200 a night!!!!

Best of it is when we lived there we came home in August but grandaughter wants some sun before starting senior school.

Looking at the prices she is going to have to want unless anybody knows somewhere reasonable.

Hello Boro on Tour (Tonisdad) I remember you posting back in the day. There were rather a crowd of us then.  Some have sadly passed, some moved on, some like myself disappeared for a while and come back again (Like a bad smell lol).

Hubby and I sold our apartment back in 2013 and until last winter had not been back to Algarve since. We then spent two months staying near Silves and travelled most days to the coast, mainly to The Marina which has grown so much and was a hive of activity in November and December.

We met up with Pete (Knopp) and Chez (from The Cottage Restaurant) and their family a couple of times and enjoyed dog walks with them. It was lovely to see them again after so many years. 

Didn't manage to buy Cubsur a pint - maybe next time?

Currently planning the next trip which is not confirmed as yet. I need to work on the finances and the hubby ;-) 

That is because you can go on facebook and it tells you is there is a post on the things you follow.

Going back 10-15 years is it? This forum was the place to come to for advice.

It might be a lot of things but I seem to know a number of people who have passed away since lockdown. 

Somtimes on forums like this where you do not know some people personally they have passed away and you don`t even know.

Mind back to facebook some of the things that are posted are just s***e. Somebody has a good experience and you would think they had visited paradise when they have been to one beach and three bars and they start spouting rubbish.

The same the other way they bump into one drunk and you would think they had had a week in downtown Rio.

If you moved this forum onto facebook within 2 months it would be like the rest full of know alls who know nout in about 75% of cases.

I do not know Cubsur personally I think I have avoided him because I owe him a lot of pints for the very best advice over the years.

I have to say I don`t know of a Brit who has the knowledge of Albufeira like he has. So life in the forum yet

We first started visiting the Algarve in 2010 and forums were a massive source of information then. 

Hope this is useful.

This has been ongoing for a couple of years now. Cubsur is aware of it. 

I must admit this year for the 1st time for 30+ years we are not visiting Albufeira or the Algarve.