Whilst Explore Algarve ® is now a website, rather than a dedicated app, we have carefully designed it to run in a similar fashion as a native app on your phone.
When you open Explore Algarve ® on your phone, you will notice that it performs and looks like an actual app. All modern browsers allow you to add a shortcut to our site on your phone’s home screen*. Follow the following instructions to add us and have speedy access to all of our information with one tap.
*These instructions are for Android devices only. iOS instructions are below.
Chrome:
Tap on the three dots at the top, right of the screen and select: ‘Add to Home screen’.
Edge:
Tap on the three dots at the bottom of the page and select: ‘Add to screen’.
DuckDuckGo:
Tap on the three dots at the top, right of the screen and select: ‘Add to Home’.
Firefox:
Tap on the three dots at the top, right of the screen and select: ‘Page’ then ‘Add Page Shortcut’.
Opera:
Tap on the three dots at the top, right of the screen and select: ‘Home screen’.
You will end up with shortcuts to Explore Algarve ® that look something like this:
For iPhone or iPads you will only be able to add a homepage shortcut with Safari. Due to Apple’s restrictions, they don’t allow any other browsers to create homepage shortcuts. So if you use any other browsers on your iPhone or iPad then you can add us a bookmark within your chosen browser.
To add a homepage shortcut to Explore Algarve ® with Safari follow these instructions:
Tap the ‘share’ icon followed by ‘Add To Home Screen’. This will create the link you need on your home screen.
