* EasyJet

EasyJet flights to Lisbon from London (Luton), Berlin, Genebra, Milan, Lyon and Paris.And also to Porto from Lyon.

To Faro (Algarve), flights are from Belfast, Bristol, Liverpool, London and Newcastle.

* Aerlingus

Aerlingus flights directly from Dublin to Lisbon. You may also fly from Dublin and Cork to Faro (Algarve).

* Monarch Airlines

Monarch flights from London Gatwick to Lisbon. Also, you may fly directly from London, Birmingham and Manchester to Faro (Algarve).

* AVRO

- many more listed ........

If you have children then holidays must, by law,be taken during the school holidays.
This creates a great demand for all the popular family holiday resorts during these holiday periods.

So great can be this demand that the availability of holiday villas and apartments becomes less and less as the Summer Holidays approach.
Although this all must seem common sense, it is surprising just how many people leave the booking of their Summer Holidays for whatever reason, to the last minute.

Olives and olive oil are to the Portuguese what blood is to the rest of us!  I think it runs in their veins.  Everywhere you go throughout the Algarve, you’ll see olive trees and orchards; supermarkets are full of fruity, green extra virgin olive oil; farmers markets offer freshly picked fruits to housewives who still pickle their own olives.

If you are considering a driving trip to the Algarve, the first prerequisite is that you have a reliable vehicle, and accident and breakdown cover for France and Spain as well as Portugal. A mobile telephone is also necessary as there are areas of the route which have little in the way of communications.

The journey from the south coast of the UK to Faro in the Algarve typically takes 3 days/nights. The first day will generally get you somewhere near Bordeaux or the Spanish border, and the next 2 days take you across Spain and Portugal.