Chat, built in
Message friends and businesses without leaving the page you are on. Conversations open in a quick overlay from the header, follow you across the site, and stay friends-only by design, so there is no spam. The full inbox is always one click away.
Messages open in a quick overlay, anywhere on the site
A feed that is actually local
Posts, events and offers from the Algarve, merged into one feed. Thumbs up what you like, heart what you want to keep, comment, share, and tag the businesses and towns you are talking about. Photos, video and linked events make it feel alive.
Tomás Ferreira
2h
Sunset session at Meia Praia tonight, bar's open until late 🌅
Posts, events and offers in one local feed
A marketplace without the middleman
Sell what you no longer need: photos or a video, a price, your town, and whether it is meet up or delivery. Buyers message you in a chat labelled with the item, you agree everything between you, and the Circle takes nothing.
Paddle board with pump and bag
LagosMeet up
Sell second-hand, arrange everything in chat, no fees
Leads where you will see them
When someone wants to book, ask or buy, the enquiry opens a chat labelled as a lead and lands with a notification. Your dashboard counts your leads week by week, so you can see exactly what the Circle brings you.
7
Leads, last 7 days
214
Views, last 30 days
Enquiries land in chat as leads, counted for the business
Collabs between businesses
See a business you could do something with? Send them a collab request with your idea: a joint event, a cross-offer, a package. It arrives as a chat they can accept from their dashboard, and the planning happens right there.
Surf and sunset package: our lesson groups finish hungry at midday, we send them to you with a voucher, you give our students 10% off food. Worth a chat?
Businesses pitch each other and team up, in chat
Follow what you love
Follow businesses, towns and people. When they publish something new, your bell knows, and the Following tab in the feed shows only the things you chose. Hearts save for later, thumbs show appreciation, follow keeps you posted.
Quinta do Laranjal
Farm stay · Silves
Follow what you love, hear when they publish
One link for your bio
Your whole Algarve Circle page becomes one clean link, ready to drop in your Instagram or TikTok bio. People land on a mobile hub with your real buttons: book, WhatsApp, menu, directions, your latest offer. It stays up to date on its own, it gets you found by locals, and one tap turns a visitor into a follower.
Luz Aura Café Elite
Vilamoura · ★ 4.9
Your AC page, ready for your Instagram bio
A map that actually works
The whole Algarve on one immersive, full-screen map. Every place on the Circle is pinned in its room's colour, and you can switch on the Gems and Pings layers to see what locals have found and what is happening, town by town. Filter by what you care about, tap a pin, go.
One immersive map, with Gems and Pings layers
Gems, the Algarve locals know
Hidden coves, viewpoints, waterfalls, street art, the spots that never make the guidebooks. Members share them with a photo and a tip, and can drop a pin on the exact spot so you get directions in a tap. Every Gem is checked before it goes live. It is the Algarve as the people who live here see it.
A cove the tour buses miss
near Sagres
Hidden places, found and shared by locals
Pings, your town's noticeboard
Lost and found, free stuff, a quick alert, a recommendation wanted. Pings are short local notices tied to a town, with replies, so the everyday chatter of a place finally has a home. Post one in seconds and mark it resolved when it is sorted.
Set of keys by the Lagos market 🔑
Moving boxes, come grab them in Tavira
A live noticeboard for your town
Town guides with live weather
Every Algarve town has its own guide: what kind of place it is, who is there from the Circle, what is coming up, and the weather right now, including sea temperature on the coast. Every beach has its own guide too, with live sea conditions and a local Ambassador keeping it accurate.
Lagos
Town guides with live weather and sea temperature
Reviews people can trust
Real reviews with photos and video that land in the feed like a post, ready to be liked and commented on, with owner replies and real oversight to keep them honest. Badges mean something here too: Popular is earned from genuine activity, Recommended is hand-picked, and the Sustainable badge only appears after we have read and approved the policy behind it.
Claire Dubois
The cataplana really is the best on the coast. Book ahead, it fills up fast.
Owner reply
Obrigada Claire! Your table is always waiting. 🧡
Real reviews with owner replies, moderated by people
Group chats for real plans
Pull your friends into one thread, name it, plan the weekend. Photos and videos straight from your phone, instant delivery, and everyone you add is someone you actually know, groups are friends-only by design.
Group chats with the people you actually know here
Offers worth saving
Time-limited promotions from real places, surfaced on the homepage and in the feed while they last. Heart one and it waits in your favourites.
Sunset jugs at Maré Alta
Ends Sunday · Lagos
Real offers from real places, saved to your favourites
Find anything in two keys
Press ⌘K and search the whole platform: businesses, events, offers, pages. Describe a problem in your own words, "the lights went out" or "my oven stopped working", and it points you at who can help. Press ⌘⇧K and you are in your messages.
Press ⌘K and jump anywhere
Friends and invites
Build your circle, see mutual friends, and invite people by link or email. Friendships are what unlock messaging, so your inbox stays the people you actually know.
Sofia Alves
3 mutual friends
Build your circle, friendships unlock chat
A circle for every town
Every Algarve town has its own community circle, and you can start your own for any group. Join with a tap, share what is happening, and move a WhatsApp group over with one link.
Lagos Locals
247 members
A community circle for every town
Serve the Algarve from anywhere
You do not have to be in the Algarve to belong here. Online shops, delivery brands and remote services list too, with a "Delivers to the Algarve" badge instead of a map pin.
Olive & Cork, online deli
Delivers to the AlgarveList even if you are not in the Algarve
Already listed? Claim it
Find your business already on the Circle? Claim it free from its page, tell us who you are, and once our team confirms it, the listing is yours, with full control of the details, reviews, posts and team. Ownership only ever changes after we have checked the claim.
Casa da Avó · Tavira
Restaurant
Is this your business?
Claim a listing already on the Circle, yours once we confirm it
Video everywhere
Video posts in the feed, clips in chat, a short looping video instead of a profile photo, and a hero loop that plays right on your business card.
Video in the feed, in chat, on your profile
Events in a minute
A guided composer with a live preview as you type. Ticket links or requests through the Circle, your call, and it lands in the feed and on the map the moment you publish.
Sunset paddle & tapas
Sat 18:30 · €25
A guided composer with a live preview
Properties, done properly
Homes for sale, long-term rentals and holiday lets with the full picture: bedrooms, energy rating, condition, orientation, distance to the beach, a photo gallery and a video tour. Every listing shows who manages it, and a viewing request lands in the agency’s shared team inbox so nothing slips through.
Townhouse with a roof terrace
Tavira 3 bed
Homes for sale, long lets and holiday lets
Collections
Curated guides that string real places into a day, a weekend or a theme. Every stop is a real listing on the Circle, in the order you would actually do them.
Curated guides that string real places together
Run it as a team
Add managers and editors to your business. Everyone works from the same dashboard with the right permissions, so the load is shared without handing over the keys.
Run a business as a team, with the right roles
Sustainability, verified
Owners write their policy, we read it, and only then does the badge go live on the listing. It means something here because we actually read it.
A badge that is verified, not self-declared
Notifications that respect you
One bell, a full history page, and nothing marked read until you have actually seen it. The quieter things roll up into a weekly digest instead of buzzing you all day.
One bell, full history, read only when you look
Add it to your Home Screen
Pop Algarve Circle onto your phone and it opens full screen, with its own icon, just like an app. On iPhone, tap Share then Add to Home Screen; on Android, tap Install when it offers. No store, no download, no waiting, and native iOS and Android apps are on the way.
Algarve Circle
algarvecircle.com
Add it to your Home Screen in a tap
Take the Circle with you
Add Algarve Circle to your phone or desktop like an app, and switch on notifications for a device. A new message, follower, comment or friend request reaches you even when the tab is closed, so you never miss the thing that matters and come back when it does.
9:41
Saturday, 14 June
Algarve Circle now
Sofia: see you at the café at 11?
Algarve Circle now
Maré Alta started following you
On your phone, even when the tab is closed
Owner analytics
Views, saves, reviews, followers and leads across everything you run, on one dashboard, so you can see exactly what the Circle brings you week by week.
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Views
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Saves
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Reviews
Views, saves, reviews and leads on one dashboard
Real moderation
Anything can be reported in two taps and we review it ourselves. Honest reviews stay, fakes go, and the calls that matter are made with care, not left to an algorithm.
Report in two taps, we review it
A language filter you control
Strong language is softly blurred by default, hover to reveal. Prefer to see everything as written? Switch it off in your settings, it is your call.
Filter on · hover to reveal
Strong language softly blurred, your choice to reveal
Support inside chat
Every member can message the Circle team directly from the chat overlay. No ticket systems, no email threads, just a conversation.
Reach the Circle team right inside chat
Your activity, yours
One page with everything you have posted, saved, reviewed and liked. Easy to find, easy to manage, always under your control.
Everything you have posted, saved and reviewed
Profiles with personality
A bio, your town, where you are from and how you live the Algarve. Your WhatsApp stays private unless you switch it on.
Nikki K.
Praia da Luz · from the UK
Profiles with a bio, your town and how you live here
Recognition for the people who power it
Look after a beach you love as its Ambassador, keeping its photo and details fresh. Climb the monthly Top Contributor leaderboard for the posts, reviews and gems you share, and keep a permanent badge for every month you lead. Founder, Top Contributor and Ambassador badges all sit right on your profile.
Top Contributors, this month
A guided start
A short setup checklist on your dashboard ticks itself off as you go, so finding your feet on the Circle takes minutes, not guesswork.
A setup checklist that ticks itself off as you go
A gallery the community fills
A business page shows its own photos and video, plus the photos and clips members share when they tag it. Owners stay in control and can hide anything from their page.
Your photos, plus the ones members share
Everything in the Circle
The complete picture, in one place. Here is everything the platform does today.
Works on any device
Mobile first and responsive, from your phone to a big screen.
Install it as an app
Add the Circle to your phone or desktop in a tap.
Native appComing soon
A dedicated app for iOS and Android.
One owner dashboard
Run everything you own from a single place.
Stories
Share a moment that lasts twenty four hours, then fades.
Online now
A live dot shows who is around right now.
Opening hours
Hours on every business, with a live open now badge.
Booking and enquiries
Leads land in your chat and your dashboard together.
Saved and favourites
Heart anything and find it again in one place.
Beaches with sea conditions
Every beach, with live sea temperature and conditions.
Charity verification
Verified Algarve charities get every premium feature free.
Force for Good
Charities, greener businesses and beach cleanups in one home.
Video loops
A short looping clip on your profile and business card.
Certified invoicing
Proper Portuguese faturas with your NIF, done for you.
Honest pricing
No commission and no markup, in euros, ever.
Plans from free to Elite
Start free and grow into Solo, Pro or Elite when you are ready.
English and PortugueseComing soon
The whole platform in both languages.
Add to calendar
Save any event to your own calendar in a tap.
Your own @handle
A short, memorable address for your business.
Cover images and profiles
Make your page yours with a cover photo and a bio.
Tag what you mention
Tag businesses, towns and beaches in posts and stories.
Beach Ambassadors
Look after a beach you love. Keep its photo and details fresh and wear the badge.
Top Contributor
A monthly leaderboard for the members who give the most, with a permanent badge each month.
Profile badges
Founder, Top Contributor and Beach Ambassador badges, right on your profile.
Report a bug
Tell the team something is broken in a labelled chat. No ticket system.
Chat
Message friends and businesses without leaving the page.
A local feed
Posts, events and offers from across the Algarve.
A working map
The whole Algarve on one map you can filter and explore.
Gems
The hidden spots only locals know, shared and checked.
Pings
Your town's noticeboard for the everyday stuff.
Reviews
Real reviews with photos, owner replies and real oversight.
Events
Publish an event in a minute and it lands in the feed.
RSVP to events
Say you are going or interested, with a discussion and a reminder the day before.
Offers
Time limited promotions from real places near you.
Properties
Homes for sale, rentals and holiday lets, done properly.
Marketplace
Buy and sell locally with no middleman taking a cut.
Circles
A community circle for every town and every group.
Friends and invites
Build your circle and see mutual friends.
Collabs
Team up with other businesses on events and offers.
Team access
Add managers and editors with the right permissions.
Collections
Curated guides that string real places into a day out.
Owner analytics
Views, saves, followers and leads, week by week.
Real moderation
Report anything in two taps and we review it ourselves.
Notifications and push
One bell, with alerts on your device when it matters.
Search anything
Press ⌘K and jump to any place, event or offer.
Sustainability badge
A green badge that goes live only after we read the policy.
Ready to join in?
Free for everyone living, visiting or working in the Algarve. Businesses start free too.