Algarve a popular holiday destination

PORTUGAL’S Algarve is massively popular with Irish holidaymakers, though visitor numbers to Praia da Luz are small by comparison to those enjoyed by big resorts like Vilamoura and Quinta Do Lago.

Praia da Luz (meaning Light Beach) is served by few Irish tour operators but it started to become a tourist destination over the last 10 years.

Jack Sheill, of Cork holiday firm Dawson Travel, said Irish holidaymakers in that area of the Algarve tended to stay in the neighbouring resort of Lagos, around six miles away.