Praia da Luz & The Algarve Information

A collection of miscellaneous information for the Algarve, all can be found in many places on the web but I've gathered them here here to save you ( and me! ) looking. There is a real-time Sterling / Euro currency converter. Actual weather and average temperatures, a few phrases, regional market days, national and school holidays. Tourist office, Police & Fire telephone numbers. Daylight Saving Time reminder. Algarve district abbreviations.

With regard to the Temperatures for the Algarve, bear in mind from East to West temperatures can be quite different especially the sea temperatures as you get toward the Atlantic coast (Sagres and North). You will find that a lot of 'local Algarve town' forecasts on the web but more often than not they use the Faro data, which can be significantly different.
 03/2009  I've added the useful Holiday Weather.com widget on the right ( it is the only source I've found that had a weather forecast for Praia da Luz ). However, I'm not sure whereabouts the temperatures are actually measured as they seemed 'a bit off', so I've used Portimao as 'the next nearest', and it seems a bit more realistic ( but is probably Faro's re-named ). There's a more detailed forecast in the left hand column.
 04/2009  A new addition is the Babylon translator in the left column. Useful for a quick word or phrase either into or from Portuguese. ( You need to allow 'Pop-Up's for it to function properly )

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Daylight Saving Time 2011

The EU's version of Daylight Saving Time runs from 01:00 on the last Sunday in March (when the clocks go forward by an hour) through to 02:00 on the last Sunday in October (when they go back by an hour).
For 2011 clocks go forward by one hour on the night of 27-28 March ( 01.00 ).
They go back again on the night of 30-31 October ( 02.00 ).