Always family-friendly, the Algarve will now also be largely family-free, so if your household is untouched by school terms, there really is no better time to go.

The Algarve in the south and the most popular tourist area, has the greatest number of courses with more being built.

Despite the increased number of visitors, Portugal remains an undiscovered country because most tourists don't leave their resorts in Algarve or the luxury hotels of Madeira .

But we hope that English holidaymakers don't boycott the Algarve for long as a result of the match.

A motorcyclist takes part during the 27th International Motorcyclist Summer Rally in Faro in the southern province of Algarve July 19, 2008.