Ria Shopping (new shopping centre close to the Chasfa apartment) is now open - only a 5 minute walk away.  It has a large supermarket, plus electrical store and various clothes and shoe shops.

Annual seafood festival in Olhão (O Festival do Marisco) with various musical acts on the different days plus shellfish, regional sweets and traditional handicrafts – 10th to 15th August 2010.