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The Portugal News2 Oct

Algarve beach hides a 70-million-year-old volcanic past

Anyone who has spent time at Praia da Luz will probably recognise the dark rock formation rising dramatically from the otherwise pale cliffs at the eastern end of the beach.

The Portugal News26 Aug

Traditional midnight sea swim returns to the Algarve

The Festa do Banho 29 returns to Lagos and Praia da Luz on 29 August, bringing music, entertainment and one of the Algarve’s most unusual summer traditions.

The Portugal News29 Jul

Madeleine McCann case returns to Portuguese television in new crime series

More than 19 years after Madeleine McCann disappeared from Praia da Luz, one of Portugal's most closely followed criminal cases is returning to television.