AQUA is GO!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:56 pm
The new AQUA Shopping centre on the N125 side of Portimao opened today.
Algarve Shopping at Guia has a real rival....and it's bigger. (But no cinema as far as I could see)
The flagship stores are Primark, which unlike the ones we are used to in Kingston and Croydon, is all on one floor, and at least today didnt have that mad typhoon of bargain hunting lady shoppers, look about it. Remarkably orderly.
As has been mentioned elsewhere, this morning at least, people were sight seeing more than shopping.
The fashion flagship is also a good old UK favourite, H&Ms. I thought it looked less tacky than the UK H&Ms I've seen....but what would I know....I'm only a man!
As far as we could see, more or less all the Algarve shopping favourites are there, except, sadly, my favourite, Cortefiel.
The food anchor store is a huge JUMBO, (AUCHAN). We did a smallish food shop, and quite honestly it didn't seem that cheap...more Intermarche than Pingo Doce.
How to get there??
Come off the N125 heading into Portimao.
Pass the hospital, and carry on about another km util you go down the slope towards the tunnel.
As you approach the tunnel, there is a slip road going up the hill to the right.
Go up the hill to the roundabout, take the 1st exit, (turn right), and AQUA is in front of you.
Drive along the front of the building to the next roundabout.
Go round the roundabout and take the turning off which goes down the side of AQUA (2nd exit I think)
This takes you around the back of the complex, where there is another roundabout , the 2nd exit is into a massive 2 story carpark.
There is stacks of free parking.
Algarve Shopping at Guia has a real rival....and it's bigger. (But no cinema as far as I could see)
The flagship stores are Primark, which unlike the ones we are used to in Kingston and Croydon, is all on one floor, and at least today didnt have that mad typhoon of bargain hunting lady shoppers, look about it. Remarkably orderly.
As has been mentioned elsewhere, this morning at least, people were sight seeing more than shopping.
The fashion flagship is also a good old UK favourite, H&Ms. I thought it looked less tacky than the UK H&Ms I've seen....but what would I know....I'm only a man!
As far as we could see, more or less all the Algarve shopping favourites are there, except, sadly, my favourite, Cortefiel.
The food anchor store is a huge JUMBO, (AUCHAN). We did a smallish food shop, and quite honestly it didn't seem that cheap...more Intermarche than Pingo Doce.
How to get there??
Come off the N125 heading into Portimao.
Pass the hospital, and carry on about another km util you go down the slope towards the tunnel.
As you approach the tunnel, there is a slip road going up the hill to the right.
Go up the hill to the roundabout, take the 1st exit, (turn right), and AQUA is in front of you.
Drive along the front of the building to the next roundabout.
Go round the roundabout and take the turning off which goes down the side of AQUA (2nd exit I think)
This takes you around the back of the complex, where there is another roundabout , the 2nd exit is into a massive 2 story carpark.
There is stacks of free parking.
my bf is dreading having to take me there lol he can go and play some golf or something for the day!! 
usually the stores here sell products cheaper than those in the Uk for the same item, eg Zara, Mango