The Leroy in Portimao carries substantially less stock than the larger Guia outlet so you might be disappointed. In CVO it might be worth trying Rolear Mais Lagoa. It's an anonymous-looking shop immediately on the left after the Apolonia roundabout as you head towards Intermarche - plenty of stock a...

As Widge says there comes a "cross-over" point where Pt car ownership is more cost-efficient than repeated rental. I'm heading over to CVO this afternoon for 1 week and the very reasonable guys at Guerin ( a company I trust) are charging me £330 for a compact car for 7 days (and thats after my 10% H...

That sounds good - if it works out I might be able to pick you and the wife up from the airport widge !!

Car rental prices have taken a jump as Easter approaches. I hired a very decent Corolla Hybrid from the ever-reliable Guerin Faro during February and over 19 days the rental equated to about €10 a day, can't argue with that. We're planning on a return in 2 weeks time for a further fortnight's stay. ...

I saw Telmo outside his villa making some repairs to his SEAT just a couple of months ago. I gave him a toot and he cheerfully waved back.

He may no longer be trading but happily he is apparently still with us and hopefully his colourful language continues unabated...

Great - sorted, thanks for that !

Richard & Alison, thanks for that, thinks now do seem clearer !

Richard - that siba.sef portal is the one that I had uncovered but it seems you have to give a "residents card/number" to allow registration ?

Evening all. We are relatively new to Carvoeiro and are now renting out our 3 bed Villa during the peak season. All sorted from the perspective of AL licence etc. We now have our rentals managed by a UK based company with a local manager on the ground in Carvoeiro. With our first rental of this high...