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Insight Guides Pocket Algarve

Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
The definitive pocket-sized travel guide.

Compact, concise and packed full of essential information about where to go and what to do, this is the ideal on-the-move travel guide for exploring the Algarve. From top tourist attractions like Ponta da Piedade, Falesia beach and Lagos, to cultural gems, including the Moorish town of Silves, Igreja do Carmo, the famous chapel made from monks skulls, and Olhao fish market, plan your perfect trip with this practical, all-in-one travel guide. 

Features of this travel guide to Algarve:
Inspirational itineraries: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, highlighted with stunning photography
- Historical and cultural insights: delve into the region's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major attraction highlighted, the maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to tipping, we've got you covered
Covers: Western Algarve; Albufeira and central Algarve; Faro and environs; Eastern Algarve; Excursion to Lisbon

Looking for a comprehensive guide to Portugal? Check out Insight Guides Portugal for a detailed and entertaining look at all the country has to offer.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.


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01 mars 2020

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9781839052323

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English

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Algarve, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Algarve, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Algarve are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Algarve. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Algarve’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Tour of Algarve
Introduction
Sun, sand and sports
A coastal province
People of the sea
Vestiges of the past
A Brief History
Under Moorish rule
Henry the Navigator
Foreign intrigues
The great disaster
Political upheaval
Kingdom’s end
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Western Algarve
The Sagres peninsula
Lagos
The coast around Lagos
Northwest of Lagos
Portimão
Praia da Rocha
Serra de Monchique
Silves
East of Portimão
Albufeira and central Algarve
Albufeira
Hill villages of Alte and Salir
East from Albufeira
São Lourenço dos Matos
Loulé
Towards Faro
Faro and environs
Old town
Town centre
Praia de Faro
Eastern Algarve
Olhão
Tavira
Around Tavira
Castro Marim
Vila Real de Santo António
Excursion to Lisbon
What To Do
Sports
Golf
Watersports
Outdoor sports and activities
Shopping
What to buy
Where to shop
Entertainment
Children’s Algarve
Calendar of events
Eating Out
Meal times
Starters
Fish and seafood
Meat and poultry
Dessert
Table wines
Other alcoholic drinks
Coffee and tea
Reading the Menu
To help you order …
… and read the menu
Restaurants
Sagres
Lagos
Monchique–Fóia
Portimão and environs
Praia Da Rocha
Praia De Três Irmãos/Alvor
Albufeira
Guia
Around Almancil
Vilamoura
Faro
Tavira
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also Camping, Youth hostels and Recommended hotels)
Airport
B
Bicycle hire
Budgeting for your trip
C
Camping
Car hire (see also Driving)
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety (see also Emergencies and Police)
Customs and entry requirements
D
Driving (see also Car hire and Emergencies)
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies
G
Getting to the Algarve (see also Airport)
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care (see also Emergencies)
Holidays
L
Language
LGBTQ travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money (see also Budgeting for your trip)
O
Opening hours
P
Police (see also Emergencies)
Post offices
Public transport
R
Religion
S
Smoking
T
Telephone
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Travellers with disabilities
W
Websites and internet
Weights and measures
Y
Youth hostels
Recommended Hotels
Sagres
Burgau
Lagos
Portimão and environs
Alvor
Carvoeiro
Monchique
Silves
Albufeira/Falésia
Alte
Vilamoura
Vale Do Lobo
Quinta Do Lago
São Brás de Alportel
Faro
Olhão
Tavira
Alcoutim


Algarve’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Igreja Matriz
Manueline carving at Monchique’s beautiful church. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Lagos
This resort combines a rich history with a busy present. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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São Lourenço dos Matos
Exuberant hand-painted azulejo tiles decorate this church near Faro. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Silves
This historic town was once a Moorish stronghold. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Ponta da Piedade
Take a boat trip to see the impressive cliffs, grottoes and rock stacks. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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Tavira
Soak up the atmosphere of Algarve’s most picturesque city. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
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Igreja do Carmo
Monks’ skulls and bones line the weird and wonderful Chapel of Bones in this Faro church. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Sagres
Enjoy an end-of-the-world feeling at Cabo de São Vicente, Europe’s southwesternmost point, and explore Algarve off the beaten track. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Falésia
Sunbathers and beachcombers will appreciate the charms of this beach east of Albufeira. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
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Olhão fish market
Join the hustle and bustle and see the catch of the day. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Tour of Algarve



Day 1

Faro
Start your trip in Faro, exploring the Cidade Velha (old town), with its fine buildings, Sé (Cathedral) and the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo and its macabre Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones). Spend the afternoon on Faro’s sparkling town beach, the Praia de Faro, with mile upon mile of white sands.


Day 2

Parque Natural da Ria Formosa
Enjoy a delicious seafood lunch in Olhão, Algarve’s most workaday, but still handsome, town before heading out to the coastal countryside to explore Parque Natural da Ria Formosa, a beautiful area of lagoons, dunes, beaches and pine forests. You can arrange boat trips through the park from Olhão.


Day 3

Tavira
Travel farther along the coast to explore Algarve’s loveliest town, Tavira, which straddles the Rio Gilão. Sights include the Renaissance Igreja da Misericórdia, and you can explore the nearby Salt Pans and take a ferry across to the breathtaking Ilha de Tavira, a long white-sand spit that stretches as far as the eye can see.


Day 4

Algarve interior
Next, head inland to explore the slow-paced, unspoilt interior of the region, which feels like a different world. Visit Silves, a town with slanting red roofs that resembles a Cezanne painting. It is set high above the Rio Arade and topped by a handsome sandstone

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