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WHY BUY IN THE ALGARVE?

The climate is one of the healthiest and pleasant in the world, comparable with California. There is sufficient seasonal variation to make the weather anything but boring.  Winters are never too cold and Summers never too hot. The skies are predominantly blue all year round.
The Algarve has managed to retain its timeless "old world" charm and traditional values even though is an integral part of an ambitious forward looking nation, and tourism is its major economic activity.
Tourism has brought considerable prosperity to the Algarve, and contributed significantly to the overall economic strength of a stable democracy, with moderate governments within European Union.
The nation's constitution and well founded legal system give foreign buyers and property owners the same fundamental rights and protection as those enjoyed by the Portuguese citizens. New legislation has even abolished inheritance tax for family members and tax on house purchase has been slashed.
Air links and telecommunications facilities are excellent. Faro and Lisbon international airports, satellite television, cellular telephones, fax machines, computer modems and the internet broadband, means you can be, as globally in touch as you want to be.
While you personally may be stepping into relatively unknown territory by buying property in Portugal, plenty of foreigners have done it before you. There is a well-established procedure and there is no shortage of sound advice available on all aspects of setting up home in the Algarve.
It is both a place to relax and do little or, if you prefer it, indulge your every active recreational interest, much of it outdoors in the clean, fresh air.
The environment is much less spoilt and polluted than in other European countries. Growing popular awareness, backed by EU directives incorporated into Portuguese law, should ensure it stays that way.
The region is best known by its spectacular coastline, including scores of glorious beaches.
Less known but equally attractive, is its hinterland of vineyards, olive, almond, carob and fig trees, rising to rolling hills and the plain of the province of Alentejo beyond.
In the Spring, from as early as Christmas until the end of May, the countryside is in full sparkling bloom beneath exhilarating azure skies.  It is a very different scene to the grey gloom that pervades Northern Europe early in the year.
For a few kilometers inland, the Algarve is covered with evergreen trees and shrubs and so the countryside remains remarkably lush even in the height of summer.
Language is generally not a problem and, anyway, you will enjoy picking up at least a smattering of Portuguese. You can get by in English, so long as you understand the Portuguese all-purpose expression that sums up any and all of life minor's travails: "não faz mal" - it doesn't matter.
The cost of living is considerably less than in the UK and other European destinations. Inexpensive restaurant bills and the absurdly low prices of wines and spirits make dinning out the norm, rather than the exception, for most foreign residents here.
The only things completely missing here that you may find in sunny places such as Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Florida and the Caribbean are hurricanes, sweltering summers, pollution or high crime rates.  

   (from Algarve Property Advertiser)

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