algarve

When travelling trough the Algarve, pay attention to details. Where you least expect, there is a curious detail awaiting, to better help you understand this region of Portugal, one of the most visited by turists from troughout the world. For example, did you know the city of Lagos was attacked by Francis Drake, one of the most fearsome english pirates; and it was in that Lago's bay that Francis Tourville defeated an
english-nederland fleet, commanded by the english admiral Rooke.

Did you can visit Algarve's Etnographical and typical clothing museum in São Brás de Alportel,where you can see a rebuilding of a typical barber shop and of a typical coffeeshop, where the upper classes would gather to meet.

Discover about the famous chimneys, of mourish influence, but that have only started to be built long after the arabs had left this region. Have you heard the legends of moorish princesses, enchanted by magic, and of african princes?

When enjoying Algarve's wines, bear in the mind that, thanks to its qualities, it travelled wall the way up to Douro, in the 19th century, in order to save the crops from an infestation of phylloxera. This could be a description of Algarve. But we would be forgetting about climate. The wonderful, surprising, well being climate.The small villages, the luxury resortsm the hotels, the small fishing villages, like Santra Luzia, Tavira, Sagres. They have golden sand beaches, with or without waves, with small waves, big waves, to please all. In Algarve you can play golf all year, experimenting the best fields of all Europe - thirty fields, from amateurs to professionals.

Because in Algarve we live outdoors. On the beach, on the promenades, near the grill, with balanced meals of fish and sea fruits.