Barringtons At Vale Do Lobo - Footballers Favourite

Cardiff City manager Dave Jones says that the club's mid-season Portugal training camp can fuel a play-off push.

The squad returned from Barrington's Sports Camp at Val de Lobo on the Algarve on Friday to prepare for Tuesday's visit of Millwall.

"The facilities have been so good for us," Jones told the South Wales Echo.

"The location makes it easier to get training done then relax. Some people may feel we're on a mini-holiday, but there's been some intense training."

Better Weather Forecasts For Faro Airport & The Algarve

The ALGARVE Tourism Board (RTA) has just invested about €5000 to help visitors and residents have better access to the up to the minute weather information for Faro and the Algarve. They have also installed a webcam on their website, www.visitalgarve.pt

In order to give complete accuracy with theforecastt they are also looking to install two further lots of weather reading equipment on the roof of Hotel Tivoli Marinotel in the Vilamoura Marina and another at the Hotel Tivoli Arade at Portimao's Marina.

Watch out who you sit next to on the Aeroplane!

A guy gets onto a plane and finds himself seated next to cute blonde.

He immediately turns to her and makes his move. "You know," he says,"I've heard that flights will go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger. So let's talk."

The blonde, who had just opened her book, closes it slowly and says to the guy, "What would you like to discuss?"

"Oh, I don't know," says the guy. "How about nuclear power?"

"OK," says the blonde. "That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first.
A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff--grass. Yet the deer excretes little pellets, the cow turns out a flat patty, and the horse produces muffins of dried poop. Why do you suppose that is?"

The guy is dumbfounded. Finally he replies, "I haven't the slightest idea."

So tell me," says the blonde, "How is it that you feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?"

This was given to me by Ray Tarbox

Flighst To Faro From The UK & Ireland

We have now up dated our section which details all the information for flights to Faro
from the UK and Ireland.
In all there are 18 different UK airports offering flights to faro and 2 Irish (Dublin and Cork.

Below is a list of all the UK airports offering these regular flights together with links through to our information pages which provide details of the airlines and the frequency of the flights.

Flights to Faro from Belfast
Flights to Faro from Notts
Flights to Faro from Bristol
Flights to Faro from Newcastle
Flights to Faro from Stansted
Flights to Faro from Luton
Flights to Faro from Gatwick
Flights to Faro from Heathrow
Flights to Faro from Leeds
Flights to Faro from Exeter
Flights to Faro from Norwich
Flights to Faro from Southampton
Flights to Faro from Doncaster
Flights to Faro from Bournemouth
Flights to Faro from Coventry
Flights to Faro from Manchester
Flights to Faro from Birmingham
Flights to Faro from Cardiff
Flights to Faro from Dublin
Flights to Faro from Cork

Reading Football Club Travel To The Algarve

Reading Football Club who are currently riding high at the the top of the Football League Championship Table (Division 1) are set to travel to The Algarve after Friday nights game with Crystal Palace.

The team will pass through Faro Airport on their way to a well earned break from the English weather and they will be staying and training at Barringtons in Vale Do Lobo.

Long Weekend Flights From Luton To Faro

If you are planning on flying down to the Algarve for a long weekend over this coming summer and live close enough to Luton Airport then we have listed the perfect flight plan for flights from Luton to Faro you below:

If you can take bothThursday and Friday off work then you can catch either the Monarch flight out of Luton at 0700 (Thursdays only!), it arrives in Faro at 0935 or the Easyjet flight which leaves each day at 0640 and lands at 0930.

Both have an early morning start but give you the whole day on the Algarve! In the busier summer months Easyjet also offer a later lunchtime flight which leaves at 1240 each day and gets into Faro at 1530.

Whichever airline you flight out with the best flight to get back is the Easyjet flight which leaves Faro Airport at 2040 on the Sunday night. It arrives back in the UK at 2335. Monarch only offer a Sunday morning flight.

If however you prefer to fly back to the UK on the Monday then you can catch the following flights from Faro Airport: The 1000 or 1600 flight from Easyjet or the slightly later 1810 flight from Monarch which gets you back to Luton at 2055.

You do not have to fly both ways with the same airline so don't be afriad to mix and match your flights! You can book the flights online at www.easyjet.com or www.flymonarch.com

Browns Sports Club In Vilamoura

If you are out and about in Vilamoura over the next few days, don't be surprised if you see a group of large burly men wandering around!

The Huddersfield Giants (Rugby League Team) are training down at Browns Sports and Liesure Club in Vilamoura.

Last year, Browns played host to a number of sports teams including the Nigerian National Football

Albufeira On The Algarve

This a reminder about a smallish information site we run for the resort of Albufeira, a popular seaside resort about 45 minutes transfer from Faro Airport.

The website we have produced covers many topics including advice on buying Albufeira Apartments, Albufeira Villas and a more general and informative section covering all aspects of Albufeira Property.

We also carry the usual stuff such as lists and reviews of restaurants, shops and hotels in Albufiera.

Golfers Heading To Faro Airport

If your coming over for a golfing weekend be sure to check out The Victoria Golf Club at Vilamoura, it has been given a high placing in the highly coveted publication - The Peugeot Golf Guide.

Only Les Bordes in France and Valderrama, in Spain scored higher!

Here's an idea. If you fancy doing soemthing different whilst you are here why not fly into Faro Airport and play a round of Golf at the Victoria Club and then drive down to Valderrama on the Costa del Sol, which takes about 3 hours before flying home from either Malaga or Jerez Airports.

Easyjet Flights To Faro In Portugal

Easyjet offer an excellent choice of flights to Faro on the Algarve in Portugal throughout the year.

Below are details of all the routes that easyjet fly.

Easyjet have also recently changed their hand luggage arrangement and have now adopted the following policy:

Each passenger is usually permitted

* one standard piece of hand baggage to maximum dimensions of 55x40x20cm, and
* a free allowance of standard checked-in hold baggage to a maximum weight of 20kgs

We recently flew with easyjet and they have got a lot tougher with charging for excess baggage. The last time we flew was the first time that easyjet ahve ever chared us excess baggage even though we frequently exceed the allowance!

The basic charge for excess baggage is 5 pounds per kilo.

Easyjet Flights To Faro
You can fly direct to Faro with easyjet from:

Belfast
Newcastle
Liverpool
Nottingham East Midlands
Bristol
Stansted
London Luton
London Gatwick

Book direct through Easyjet

Faro Airport Guide - New Site

Hi,

We have just revamped the site and given it a totally new look and feel, hopefully for the better.

Whilst we ere doing this we felt that it was time to add a blog to the site so that we can share some of our travel knowledge with our visitors.

We already run a hugely popular blog on our sister site Spanish Airport Guide.