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Carapateira is situated in the Nature Reserve Costa Vincentina, a National park. It is safely tucked away from the bustle of the main Algarve tourist towns. You can get there by car and a bus which goes directly from Sagres to Aljezur. I am not sure of times and frequency - best to check that out at the main bus station in Lagos or Sagres. It is a great area to get away from it all as it is so tranquil. The small town is spread out and has two beaches. Because of it's popularity with surfers and with it being off the beaten track the area attracts a lot of hippy types and long term campers especially in the Winter months. Carrapateria beach also ...

My good old top-10 Algarve: Beaches: 1) Praia de Alvor: very long and wide, beautiful, white sand beach with a few rocks at the eastern end (take the IC4, exit in Alvor, drive through the small village to the beach) 2) Praia do Garrao / Praia da Quinta do Lago: (N125 to Almancil (between Faro and Quarteira), from there to Quinta do Lago or Vale do Lobo) 3) Praia dos Salgados: another long and wide beach (enter to the big parking lot from the street Albufeira-Armacao de Pera) Beach-Bars / Beach-Restaurants: 1) Restinga, Praia de Alvor 2) Restaurante Salgados, Praia dos Salgados, on ...

I’ve tried to find a more localised category on here, but all the sub-categories for Portugal seem to be specific places and since we have in fact ranged over a sizeable part of northern Portugal, I’ll file this under Other Destinations. I’ve been to Portugal for a two-week holiday four times now over a six year period, the first three occasions, being, not surprisingly, to the Algarve region. This year, we felt like a change, so we head north to the Douro and Minho areas of the far north - so far north in fact that it borders Galicia in north-western Spain. After all, an area that produces port and vinho verde can’t be all bad, can it’ ...