Evening all, heading over tomorrow and my credit card has been nicked, leaving me with my visa debit, will this be acceptable for car rental companies in Portugal to use to take deposit? We booked with firefly car rental....not a good start to the holiday as our villa is quite rural and car is neces...

have not tried any of the above apart from L'Orange, my favourites for a special meal would be Brassarie Marinha or o'leao in Porches, maybe even Rui's in Silves if you like seafood.

sad thread to read. I just cannot understand why the local politicians, business people are not putting much more pressure on the police to be more vigilent, more visable and more productive. the villa we usually stay in has been burgled a few times, usually as above when a door is left ajar they sn...

Carvoeiro has been a holiday resort ( sometimes much busier than now ) for over 30 years. I suspect that the " drug culture " is one form or another has been here for most of that time. Some of the kids taking drugs now are the offspring of those who did the same thing when they were younger. The d...

It is, of course, a financial disaster and the village is owned by NAMA the Irish bad bank, after Anglo Irish bank went bust. However, the staff and management are working exceptionally hard to make visitors and members very happy and I think they're succeeding. Nama (National Asset Management Agen...

O Literal is a strange place, they're all over you until they get you seated then you're forgotten, they're like rogue car dealers dragging you in off the road, it's thumbs down from me. What's the place on the right going in to Benagil from Cvo, the place just above the beach bar? :) i see where y...

cereza wrote:If you've got a hatchback then it's best to take the parcel shelf out so that the scum can see that there is nothing inside ( but even then some will still smash the window just for the sake of it).

good suggestion!

sorry to hear about this, i often wonder if the police ever make arrests

joanne wrote:Great arrive Thursday, hope it stays good till the end of Oct

+1, hope you save some sunshine for last week of Oct!

Is Casa Lamy the one overlooking Benegil bach up the steps, the one right over the beach on the right? If so the service is awful. We have tried the place several times for lunch and trying to get a waiter to take an order is a feat it intself. we have persevered so far because of the amazing view ...

we've been visiting Benagi for the last 8 years now and i reckon it is home to some of the best restaurants around. back in June we have brilliant meals at Casa Lamy (our first visit there it exceeded expectations) Brassarie Marinha and O'litoral O'Algar was a bit disappointing as i got (another) po...

cool, think i'll pop into the golf shop in carvoeiro, want to get an idea of what weather to be expecting before booking green fees so dont want to book on-line and end up playing in the rain (of course it wont be raining though!)

HI All, making our second trip of the year out for last week in October, algarvedriver.com seems to be getting great recommendations on here so i'm going to go with them this time around. can anyone recommend which local golf courses are suitable for hackers like myself, i've played vale de milho a ...

just back from a great 10 days, here's my thoughts on the places we ate O'lheo Porches - excellent food, pricier and upmarket, blankets were provided for the ladies who were getting cold as it was a chilly evening - nice touch. Brassarie Marinha - excellent everytime we go there, never disappoints b...

i ate here last week for the first time, excellent Cataplana & fresh fish of the day, beautiful views out over Benagil beach. Benagil now is home to my 3 favourite restaurants around, O'Algor, O'Litoral (despite the owner being a bit pushy telling you what to order) and Casa Lamy.