The Algarve region of Portugal is preparing to open its beaches for tourists on June 6, as flights resume to the region?s international airport Faro, from the UK and Ireland.
The beaches will have new safety measures and beach assistants that will help visitors with information on reopening. There will be colour-coded signage indicating the level of occupancy of the beach and these will be updated in real time on the app ?Info Praia? (available in English) and APA website. Visitors will be expected to keep 1.5 m apart unless they are in the same household and parasols will be 3m apart. Swimming, water sports and surfing will be permitted.
Jo?o Fernandes, president of Algarve Tourism comments: ?With over 100 sandy beaches to choose from, and with some several kilometres in length, it will be easy for visitors to distance themselves from others, should they want to. This year 87 of our beaches have been given ?Blue Flag? accreditation, an award given annually based on criteria such as water quality, services and user safety.?
Airlines are showing their confidence in the region with the following companies confirming flights from UK and Ireland to Faro:
- Ryanair: from June 21 flights from Stansted, Dublin and Manchester
- EasyJet: from June 16 flights from Belfast
- Wizzair: 4 weekly frequencies from Luton from June 16
- British Airways: July
Restaurants, golf courses, marinas, car hire companies, taxis, museums, monuments, art galleries, palaces and churches are open for business already. In June, 75% of hotels in Algarve are expected to be open and by July most will be open.
For further information about the Algarve, visit www.visitalgarve.pt
