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Dungle Club hosts a Big Summer Charity Fundraiser in support of Tiny Shelter Albufeira on Saturday 25 July, from 10:00 to 13:00 at the Dungle Club Dog Park near Quarteira. Bring your family, your friends and of course your dogs for a morning of fun in a good cause. The dog competitions include Best in Show, Golden Oldie and Best Trick, and there is a raffle with prizes plus auction gifts on the day, with the collection of prizes being revealed by the organisers in the run-up to the event. Every ticket, raffle entry and donation goes towards food, veterinary care and shelter for the more than 100 rescue dogs in Tiny Shelter Albufeira's care, and helps raise awareness of animal welfare across the Algarve.
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The long wooden footbridge across the Ria Formosa at Quinta do Lago, at its best in the hour after sunrise. By mid morning this boardwalk is a procession of beach bags, but at dawn it belongs to herons, joggers and whoever bothered to set an alarm. The bridge crosses lake, marsh and dune on its way to Praia da Quinta do Lago, and the low light across the wetland is the closest the Golden Triangle gets to wilderness. Anglers work the channel below, and the São Lourenço nature trail begins by the lake if you want to extend the walk. Park at the Praia da Quinta do Lago car park at the end of the avenue; arriving before eight in summer also means beating the parking queue.
Flat lagoon-side tracks between Faro airport and Quinta do Lago where flamingos feed in old salt pans. The Ludo estate is the Ria Formosa at its most generous: former salinas and freshwater ponds threaded by sandy service tracks that anyone can walk or cycle. Flamingos are the headline act and are present most of the year, joined by spoonbills, black-winged stilts and, in the pines, chameleons you will almost certainly not spot. The route connects to the São Lourenço birdwatching trail, so you can make a morning of it, and the airport runway makes a surreal backdrop for photographs. Start from the dirt road off the Praia de Faro bridge or from the Quinta do Lago side, go early for the light, and bring binoculars.
A year round stream in the dry Barrocal hills, ringed by a gentle signposted loop walk near Querença. Water is the rarest thing in the Algarve interior, and Fonte Benémola has it all year, welling up through limestone and sliding between willows, poplars and reed beds. The protected valley holds a circular trail of roughly four and a half kilometres, flat enough for children and shaded for much of the way. Terrapins bask on the stones, dragonflies work the pools, and spring turns the banks into a wildflower show. We rate it as the easiest proper nature walk in the central Algarve. Start from the small car park on the Querença side and walk the loop anticlockwise to keep the stream beside you early on.
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Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira runs a free night-sky session in Tavira from 20:30 on 3 September 2026.
Weekly colour parties with free colour shots, face painting and giveaways every Friday at Matt's Bar in Albufeira, July to September.
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An event devoted to families with a wide-ranging programme. Craft show, food and drinks, music and a lot of entertainment.
Art Exhibition by Nuno Pimenta at Lagos. Organised by Lagos Municipality and ETERNO, with the support of DGArtes/RTCP. Listed in the official Visit Algarve events guide.