Top-10 Algarve, Portugal (Other locations...)

Member Name: clubber

Product:	Other locations...
Date:	14/09/05 (200 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Beach, Climate, People (Locals)

Disadvantages: Ugly architecture in a few main cities; sometimes noisy & less pleasant tourists

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 the street Albufeira-Pera

3) Gigi’s, Praia da Quinta do Lago (Quinta do Lago beach, near Hotel Quinta Do Lago)

(beach restaurants are not cheap in Portugal; of these three Restinga is probably the best value for money)



Restaurants:

1) Teodósio* ("O Rei dos Frangos"), Estrada de Algoz, Guia, Tel 289561301 (in the centre of Guia, take the turn off the N125 in the direction of Algoz) one and only dish: Frango Piri-Piri com batatas e salada (chargrilled chicken, spicy (“piri piri sauce”) with French fries and tomato salad)

2) Sueste, Rua da Ribeira 91, Ferragudo (near Portiamo)

3) Ababuja, Rua da Ribeira 11, Alvor, Tel 282458999

4) Camané, Praia de Faro, 8000 Faro, Tel 289817539

5) Ruina, R. Cais Herculano, 8200-061 Albufeira, Tel 289512094



Sightseeing:

1) Albufeira, typical beach city, on a rock, with a tunnel to the beach

2) Monchique Mountains (hills would be the more matching expression), visit the MountainsFoia, highest mountain near the Algarve

3) There are quite a few of the nice, typical beaches with rocks around them; check in any guide for recommendations


Clubs:

1) Casa do Castelo, Albufeira (great club on the beach; I always forget how to get there; somewhere near Albufeira; ask a few locals)

2) Trigonometria/T-Clube, Quinta do Lago

3) Capitulo Quinto, Albufeira

… and thousand others…

Summary: Still one of the nicest holiday destinations in Europe!!