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MotoGP's Portuguese Grand Prix weekend at the Algarve International Circuit, rescheduled to 20 to 22 November.
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Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
MotoGP returns to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve for the Portuguese Grand Prix, now scheduled for 20 to 22 November after being pushed back a week from its original mid-November date because of changes elsewhere in the 2026 calendar. Tickets already bought for the original dates remain valid for the new weekend.
The weekend covers free practice and qualifying across the MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 classes on Friday and Saturday, with the races on Sunday. General admission, grandstand and VIP packages are available.
Official tickets are sold through webook.com; further details are published on the circuit's own site.
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A few minutes from the venue, and taking bookings or requests.
Chapão Restaurante & Grill is a Brazilian restaurant in Portimão with a buffet, rodízio meats served at the table and home delivery.
50 m from the venue
Portimão based law firm founded in 1978, with offices in Carvoeiro, Lagos and Faro, covering property law, Golden Visa and taxation for residents.
50 m from the venue
Tapas restaurant in Portimão with dishes inspired by flavours from around the world, open for dinner from Wednesday to Sunday.
50 m from the venue
DUOO Gastro Theatre is a chef's table restaurant in Portimão with show cooking in front of 12 seats and tasting menus.
100 m from the venue
Restaurant in Portimão serving locally crafted food and wine since 2022, with weekday lunch specials and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday.
100 m from the venue
Dental clinic in the centre of Portimão with over 20 years' experience, serving Alvor, Ferragudo, Lagoa, Carvoeiro, Monchique and Lagos.
200 m from the venue
One email a week with the best events across the Algarve. Free.
Spots found by members, the town’s own circle, and people who answer whatever you want to ask.
A quiet municipal park at Estômbar where freshwater springs meet the tidal Arade, with a tide mill, boardwalks and a stone amphitheatre. Sítio das Fontes is where Lagoa locals go for Sunday picnics while visitors queue for boat trips a few kilometres downstream. Springs bubble into a pool beside the restored tide mill, boardwalk paths loop through marsh and woodland, and egrets and waders work the estuary flats. A small amphitheatre built into the hillside hosts occasional concerts. It is an easy, level wander rather than a hike, which makes it a good outing with children or grandparents in tow. Follow the signs from Estômbar village; late afternoon brings the best light over the marsh, and picnic tables sit under the trees.
A necropolis of 5,000 year old monumental tombs in farmland behind Alvor, with a walk-in burial mound at its heart. Alcalar was the ceremonial centre of a Copper Age community that farmed this corner of the Algarve, and restored Monument 7 is the showpiece: a stone mound with a low passage leading to a corbelled chamber, engineering from around 3000 BC that you can peer into from the entrance corridor. Several more tombs lie around it in various states of excavation, and a small interpretation centre sets the scene. Few people come, so you will likely share the site only with larks and the wind. It is signposted from Mexilhoeira Grande off the N125; combine it with lunch in Alvor or Figueira.
Silves' whitewashed old bridge and the riverside beneath the castle, best at low tide when egrets stalk the Arade mudflats. Everyone climbs to the red castle; far fewer linger on the river. The multi-arched Ponte Velha, medieval on older foundations and long nicknamed the Roman bridge, still carries foot traffic across the Arade, and the banks around it are Silves at its most local: anglers, café tables, market mornings and storks clattering on the chimneys. At low tide the river drops to channels where egrets and waders feed, with the castle and cathedral stacked above the whitewash behind. Cross to the south bank in late afternoon for the view back over town, then take a table near the municipal market as the light turns orange.
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Short painting and drawing courses led by artists from a local gallery.
Mould, paint and glaze an almond blossom piece in the Algarve pottery tradition.
45-minute beach workout for all levels at Oura Beach East, then drinks at the beach café. First class free.
