Quarteira (The Algarve) Southern Portugal

Hi everyone, I am a bit behind in posting some pictures of our stops so here are some pictures of our destination after leaving Lisbon.

We caught a morning train from Lisbon to a town called Loule' which is in the region called The Algarve in Souther Portugal.  The region extends along the southern coast of Portugal and in this area is the point of land which is the western most tip of land in continental Europe.

We took the local bus from the station at Loule' to our destination in the beach side town of Quarteira. The biggest of the towns in the area is called Albufeira which is a great deal bigger than Quarteira.  We were very pleased to have chosen Quarteira, (or should I say I think Quarteira choose us, you know what I mean Barbie)!!

Quarteira is the place that the Portuguese tend to go to for holidays as opposed to Albuferia which seemed to mostly have British tourists.

We had an airbnb apartment at Quarteira which was great as again we could self cater and make some home cooked meals.

The supermarket was just at the corner about 50metres from the apartment and the beach was 350 metres from the apartment.  There was a nice easy flat walk to the main part of town with all the restaurants and bars and a beach which extended in both directions for as far as the eye could see.

The weather was good for our first 2 days, swimming, sunbaking and walking on the beach but the last two days a cold wind struck up and a few showers.

It was a very easy spot to relax in and we extended our stay another day making four in total.  We both felt like we could have stayed on another week without any effort.

On our last day in Quarteira we booked a half day bus tour and went to the part of the Algarve where the land at the western most point of continental Europe is and also saw some other towns in the area. One called Lagos which is a medieval city.  Very old, very beautiful narrow winding streets, and a magnificent church with a small museum in the back of the building.

Again all too soon it was time to pack up and move on to the next destination.  As there is no through train from southern Portugal into Spain, we booked a bus to take us to Seville.  We took a local bus at 7am to the bigger town of Faro where we then waited until 8.30 for the regular coach service to take us to Seville in Spain.  The trip was quite easy arriving in Seville at 11.15.  Will put some photos up soon of our days in Seville.

Cheers to everyone, take care stay well, thinking of you all.