We are back in Portugal for the best part of three weeks and spending most of it in the Algarve. We were last here in early March, but only for a week, based in Faro. On that visit it was without hiring a car and investigating what could be done using the regional railway as a means of getting around. This time it’s back to the eastern Algarve and renting an Airbnb close to the town of Tavira. We also have a car so that the area can be explored with a little more freedom.
After what seems like weeks of incessant rain in the UK it was wonderful to land in Faro to be greeted by blue skies and a rather pleasant temperature of twenty Celsius. To be able to wander around without scarves and coats is pure bliss. You also get about 90 minutes extra daylight here compared to home, it may not be much but every little helps as they say.
Plans for the trip are not fixed in stone but will certainly include some coastal and beach walking, visiting some of the towns away from the coast, discovering more of the countryside and hopefully eating and drinking well. A day trip to Seville, across the border in Spain, is also a possibility. To end the trip it’s a train up to Lisbon for a few days before flying home.
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