ALGARVE przewodnik turystyczny SUNFLOWER

Few visitors explore beyond the beautiful Algarve coastline, but the Andersons did. They say, ‘We found a countryside full of interest and beauty. From flowers and fountains, hilltops and history, to windmills and watermills, we can set your feet wandering to find them all. But you can explore Algarve by car, too, searching out little-known points of interest — like the huge rose compass on the barren promontory of Sagres, where Prince Henry the Navigator founded his school of navigation. But don’t think that we have ignored the beautiful and rugged coastline. Wherever it is still unspoilt and free from development, we have incorporated it into a walk.’

Area covered: from the west coast east to the Spanish border and north to the area around Monchique.

When to go: The best months for walking in the Algarve are March to May or September and October, but winter walking is enjoyable too.

4 car tours, 68 long and short walks, 20 picnic suggestions
136 pages + touring map; plan of Faro, large-scale (1:50,000) topo maps
6th ed, 2012; ISBN 978-1-85691-398-0; UK retail price £12.99 / USA retail price $17.99

Table of contents:

Preface 5
Acknowledgements; Background reading 6
Getting about 7
Picnicking 8
Picnic suggestions 9
Touring 14
Country fairs and markets 17

THE WEST COAST TOUR (TOUR 1) 18
Lagoa · Portimão · Lagos · Sagres · Aljezur · Marmelete · Silves · Lagoa

MOUNTAINS AND ‘MOORS’ (TOUR 2) 23
Lagoa · Silves · Caldas de Monchique · Monchique · Foia · Lagoa

VILLAGES OF THE BARROCAL (TOUR 3) 26
Faro · Estói · Amendoeira · (Fonte de Benémola) · Salir · Alte · Paderne · Bouliqueime · Faro

EASTERN HIGHLIGHTS (TOUR 4) 33
Faro · Olhão · (Tavira) · Vila Real de Santo António · Castro Marim · Cachopo · Barranco do Velho · São Brás de Alportel · Faro

MÉRTOLA CIRCUIT (TOUR 5) 39
Faro · Santana da Serra · Almodôvar · Mértola · Castro Marim · Faro

WALKING
Guides, waymarking, maps 44
What to take 44
Where to stay 46
Weather 46
Things that bite or sting 47
Hunting season 48
A country code for walkers and motorists 48
Portuguese for walkers 50
Walkers’ checklist 51
Organisation of the walks 51

THE WALKS
1 Luz · atalaia · Porto de Mós · Ponta da Piedade · Lagos 53
2 Luz · Burgau · Luz 58
3 Burgau · Ponta da Almádena · Boca do Rio · Salema · Burgau 61
4 Figueira · Ingrina · Zavial · Figueira 65
5 Fonte (Foia road) · Madrinha · Pé do Frio · Chilrão fonte 70
6 Monchique · Foia · Monchique 74
7 Monchique – Picota circuit 77
8 Ilha do Rosário circuit 80
9 Silves circuit 82
10 Benagil · Marinha · Albandeira · Senhora da Rocha · Benagil 86
11 Cerro – Conqueiros – Pico Alto circuit 90
12 Alte · Rocha dos Soidos · Alte 94
13 Paderne · Castelo · Azenhal · Paderne 98
14 Monte Seco circuit 102
15 Penina circuit 105
16 Salir circuit 108
17 Estói · Guilhim · Fialho · Estói 112
18 São Brás · Tareja · Vale de Estacas · São Brás 117
19 Tavira National Forest 122
20 Castro Marim Nature Reserve 125

Bus and train timetables 129
Index 133
Fold-out touring map/plan of Faro inside back