Essential Algarve went searching for the best Christmas gifts at Vila Vita Parc’s new venture, VLife Shops This Christmas there is a new must-see shopping..
Quinta do Lago has inaugurated a sports complex looking to establish itself as a benchmark in the competition segments The motto says it all: “Built..
Essential spoke to the region’s leading pastry chefs to see what we can expect at the Christmas table ANDRÉ BASTO AND PATRICK MESTRE, TIVOLI MARINA..
Works of art valued at €1 million? Ker Art gallery, in Armação de Pêra, has one When Brazilian artist and art curator Edna Lima chose..
Chef André Basto pays homage to the people behind the wines in a series of exclusive dinners The Tivoli Marina Vilamoura hosted three intimate and..
Perched on volcanic rocks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, White Exclusive Suites & Villas is the new jewel of the Azores Black volcanic..
The natural beauty of the Azores has given birth to a cosmetics’ brand that is on everyone’s lips ‒ and on Kim Kardashian’s face As..
With more lives than a cat, this Porca Preta is now back to its former glory Seven days was all it took. In just seven..
International schools appeared in the Algarve in the 1970s as an education alternative for foreigners moving to the region. Less than a month after the..
Acclaimed architect Vasco Vieira seamlessly combines architecture, art and design, and the world is taking notice Le Corbusier once said: “Architecture is the learned game,..
Faced with a lack of choice of new properties, many Algarve property buyers are turning to plots of land. Where there is a will, there..
For generations it was the people’s food. Now expensive and increasingly scarce, it has found a new home in the fine-dining world – fresh or..
Curiosity and creativity are what drove Chef Leonel Pereira to develop new dishes in his laboratory On the ultimate quest for new marine flavours, Leonel..
The work of James Francis Gill, which came to the Algarve in September of 2018, helped define the world of American contemporary art in the..
As the new W Algarve Resort takes shape in Albufeira, Essential spoke to Ed Ng, the interior designer behind the project Many reasons would lead..
