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Algarve

News and developments from Portugal's southern Algarve region.

Via do Infante Year One Without Portagens — A22 Logged 355 Accidents and 105 Injured in 2025, Up 64% on 2024, Even as Road Fatalities Fell to Zero

Via do Infante Year One Without Portagens — A22 Logged 355 Accidents and 105 Injured in 2025, Up 64% on 2024, Even as Road Fatalities Fell to Zero

The first full year without tolls on the A22 turned the Algarve’s east-west highway into a busier and more dangerous road. GNR data released on 27 April 2026 and reported by Lusa, RTP, SIC Notícias, Observador and Diário de...

Monthly Transport Passes in Portugal 2026 — Navegante for Lisbon, Andante for Porto, MOVE-C for Coimbra, Passe Algarve, the €40 Cap, and How Expats Get the Card

Monthly Transport Passes in Portugal 2026 — Navegante for Lisbon, Andante for Porto, MOVE-C for Coimbra, Passe Algarve, the €40 Cap, and How Expats Get the Card

How metropolitan and municipal monthly transport passes work in Portugal in 2026. The €40 metropolitan ceiling, the €30 municipal pass, the free Sub-23 and Lisbon resident scheme, the Citizen Card requirement, where to load each card, and why the price freeze has held for seven years.

Wildfire Season in Portugal — A 2026 Resident's Safety Guide to the 31 May Cleanup Deadline, the 50/100-Metre Faixa Rules, the SMS Alert System, the IPMA Risk Map, and What to Do When the Fire Comes

Wildfire Season in Portugal — A 2026 Resident's Safety Guide to the 31 May Cleanup Deadline, the 50/100-Metre Faixa Rules, the SMS Alert System, the IPMA Risk Map, and What to Do When the Fire Comes

How residents and property owners in Portugal prepare for fogo rural in 2026 — the 31 May land-cleanup deadline, the 50m/100m faixa de gestão de combustível, ICNF rules on cork oaks, ANEPC SMS alerts, the IPMA risk map, insurance coverage, and the 117 number.

Fishermen and Albufeira's Mayor Form a Human Chain at Praia da Rocha Baixinha — €108M PRR Desalination Plant Faces Off Against the Algarve Coast as Construction Set to Start Next Week

Fishermen and Albufeira's Mayor Form a Human Chain at Praia da Rocha Baixinha — €108M PRR Desalination Plant Faces Off Against the Algarve Coast as Construction Set to Start Next Week

Around 100 fishermen and Albufeira mayor Rui Cristina formed a human chain Saturday against the €108M PRR desalination plant. Construction starts next week; intake and brine outfall in consultation until 11 May.