The Algarve is a superb holiday destination for people of all ages. It stretches across Southern Portugal where you will find a wealth of picturesque fishing villages and activities from championship golf, horse riding, bird watching, and modern spa’s offering a full range of treatments.

The Algarve is a superb holiday destination for people of all ages.

It stretches across Southern Portugal where you will find a wealth of picturesque fishing villages and activities from championship golf,  horse riding, bird watching, and modern spa’s offering a full range of treatments.

The Algarve also possesses the best weather and some of the  finest beaches on the continent and this  holiday paradise has become one of the most popular destinations for UK holiday makers.  Just three miles west of Albufeira are 3 of the Algarve’s best beaches;  Castelo, Gale, and Sao Rafael. The long summer season with gentle breezes bringing the temperature down to a comfortable 25 degrees ensures even September and October are still warm,  and swimming is perfectly possible.

Guia, is about 3 miles inland and famed for its excellent restaurants. It  has been relatively unchanged by tourism and remains traditionally  Portuguese. Foodies can sample local home cooking, fresh cheese with pumpkin jam, chicken with delicious sauces and  homemade fig ice cream!

As for the local wines, anyone who says the Algarve can’t produce good wines as its too arid and hot is wrong! There  are some wonderful wines now appearing made in the Algarve.  Most are Portuguese “Quintas” – (the word means farms) and vineyards and some have some “French influence” both in the making of the wines and some of the grapes used, but all are really good.