AQUA is GO!!!!!!!!!

[ditzy]

My apathy for this knows no bounds - honestly - British shops in the Algarve - like eating Fish and Chips from newspaper or having a McDonalds

Do not think any of these shops are British,
Primark - Irish, H&M- Scandinavian, McDonalds- American

As long as the prices are Portuguese I will be happy, usually the stores here sell products cheaper than those in the Uk for the same item, eg Zara, Mango

You beat me to it

[smudger]

Oh dear, forget tourist books, seems Forum now suggests where we visit!! Hope there is a decent cafe where i can sip coffee whilst Alibali does her shopping shopping shopping!

[EMM]

With the current exchange rate prices re on a par with the UK.

[blue]

Went to Primarni with my sister while she was here & the prices here are more expensive than in the UK, same in Hennies (now H & M)
so no good for visitors, still it's cheap enough for residents.

[ceh]

I went there on easter Saturday in the rain having just arrived from the UK as a friend was keen to go and had been kicking her heels already for a week in the rain in cvo. It was quite busy due to the weather - mainly Portuguese shoppers.

I bought a cheap panama hat in Primark which has survived quite a bit of wear, attack by 2 nephews, a Julie Statham walk on the west coast and is one of the hats in Geoff's walk photos. Was worth the trip for the hat alone.

We had a coffee in a small cafe (more of a stall) and they struggled to cope with demand - a long queue and quite a few Spaniards there too.