Fiuza offers us good discounts on wine in time for Christmas, and I am often asked how people can try them before buying. Now is your chance as we will have a wine tasting dinner at the Tivoli, Lagos, on Friday 8th November.

Award winning Algarve retreat Figs onthe Funcho have a selection of culinary, art and yoga events organised for this month. Please see details below.

This unique event on November 2nd and 3rd, at the Fatacil, Lagoa celebrates the start of the gardening year and is dedicated to making beautiful and sustainable Mediterranean gardens with minimum water use.

In The Pink gallery is delighted to announce its upcoming exhibition featuring photography by Jacob Gils, focusing on Vistas of Portugal from the 18th of October.

For 50 years, the Algarve has been attracting tourists and nowadays foreign residents to enjoy excellent beaches, food/beverage and playing golf, tennis, etc, mainly six-seven months a year.

Enjoy a collection of Les Causton's paintings and photographs, at an exhibition opening on October 7th, at the Papelaria Arco Iris store at the Sudoeste Retail Park, Alcantarilha, in the Central Algarve.

You are invited to join Artlink Collective and experience a selection of contemporary abstract paintings and digital compositions that will be on show during the Autumn months.

On Tuesday 1st October, the Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) will be resuming their season of lectures. They will be presenting two lectures, in English, by Dra Ceren Kabukcu from the University of Liverpool. The first lecture will be at 2.30pm at the Museu do Traje in São Bras de Alportel, the second lecture will be at 6pm at the Convento de São José in Lagoa.