And because all British tourists don’t see the Med as a trash can they should welcome a new code of conduct as Albufairer for everybody.
I’m indebted here, as I always was in our years working together in Ireland, to Irish Algarve expat Caroline Smith, for the steer.
That the Albufeirians have introduced a new set of rules to keep their resort and town clean.
With the new code in place now for a fortnight there have already been several arrests made.
Not that I or my school buddies were schoolboys.
And we probably should have been lifted by the gendarmes for holding up the traffic on the French Riviera.
The naked truth
Boys will be boys and girls girls but we can all have a rerr terr in the Algarve without spoiling it for everyone else.
Caroline fills us in that the code of conduct had been in the pipeline for years.
But that some of the behaviours from last year were seen as excessive.
And the authorities pushed through the changes early.
With casual antisocial patterns like strolling around the streets in swimsuits/bikinis while drinking and drunk.
The last straw though was when a group of young Britons got their kit off and partied stark naked in a bar.
We didn’t find out what happened to said ravers and it may well be still going through the courts.
Another fine mess
But a warning here for anyone who might think that that’s a good ruse then be aware of these new penalties.
👉Wearing bikinis or swimwear outside beach or pool zones: fines from €300 to €1,500.
👉Drinking alcohol in the street, urinating, or defecating in public: also €300 to €1,500.
👉Nude or sexual acts in public: fines between €500 and €1,800.
👉Wild camping, sleeping rough, or spitting in public: €150 to €750.
The ba’ is burst
Again I’m guided by Caroline that such high, but merited, penalties are not already in place across the whole of the Algarve.
A word here too to the acquaintances from my past who broke the skylight.
With a football, resulting in their parents having to fork out for the damage to the owners.
Not sure what the fine these days for that type of misbehaviour would be.
But we say Parabens Algarve because your new code is Albufairer for everybody.
We found return flights from Edinburgh to Faro for August with Ryanair for a sample £186.83pp.
And you’d be surprised who you might bump into in the airport!
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