Built in Vilamoura. For the Algarve.
Algarve Circle is the platform the Algarve was missing, a serious local directory + community + commercial network, built by people who live here, for businesses who deserve a fair platform.
To be the Algarve's digital home: one place where every local business, event and community can be found, trusted and supported, and where the people who live and visit here can make the most of Algarve life.
We want everyone who serves the Algarve to keep what they earn, be discovered on their own terms, and never be treated as someone else's inventory.
Why we started
For years, the only places to find Algarve businesses online were directories built somewhere else, by people who never lived here, never sat in the café in Vilamoura on a Tuesday morning, never had a real conversation with the family-run restaurant owners in Albufeira Old Town. They monetised by commission, hid reviews behind paywalls, and treated local businesses as inventory.
We thought the Algarve deserved better. So we built it.
What we believe
- Local businesses should keep what they earn. 0% commission on bookings, ever.
- Real reviews from real customers. No fake stars, no claim-this-listing stubs, no paid promotion of competitors' bad reviews.
- Bilingual by default. PT-speakers and EN-speakers should both find what they need.
- Transparent pricing. What you see is what you pay. No behind-the-scenes deals.
- Owned channels matter. Your customer relationship is yours, not ours.
- Design + craft matter. We build the platform the same way we build for our clients, properly.
Who we are
Algarve Circle is built and operated by LUZAURA LDA, a Portuguese company (NIPC 518676161) based in Vilamoura. The Studio side handles client work; the AC platform sits at the centre of everything we do.
Adam Unsworth runs the build + the platform. Nikki runs Luz Aura Café and Yoga Studio at Prado Villas (one of the first listings on AC).
Looking for Algarve Connect?
You are in the right place. What began as Algarve Connect is now Algarve Circle, rebuilt from the ground up into a proper directory, community and commercial network for the region. Same team, same home in Vilamoura, a far bigger platform. If you bookmarked the old site, everything now lives here at algarvecircle.com.
Get in touch
Contact us if you have questions, want to be listed, or want to talk Studio work. We answer everything within 24 hours.