Faro, Portugal Travel Blogs

Faro
Sep 25, 2006 (28 photos)

... streets are done in mosaics of small basalt rock. It is pounded into sand. This can be seen in many towns and cities around Portugal. It is very predominant in the cities of the Algarve area, it gives them a unique charm. The old town area is very neat. ...

Algarve adventures
Jul 1, 2006 (22 photos)

Faro is the capital of an extremely pleasant region in Portugal called 'The Algarve', which sits at the very southern tip of the country around 280km south of Lisbon. As mentioned previously I wasn't planning to head this far south but an offer from ...

Faro - city of Carlosesese
Jun 10, 2003 (6 photos)

... met Carlos the First, the waiter who *loved* us. He made us delicious kebabs. The next day we were determined to explore Faro and possibly send people postcards about it. On the street we ran into Carlos the Second ... who later became known as Carlos ...

Faro and Portugal!
Oct 8, 2007 (2 photos)

Our final destination in Portugal was Faro, the capital of the Algarve.  We arrived on October 5, a national holiday and the place was a ghost town.  Only a handful of restaurants were open and barely a soul could be seen.  We did manage to ...

Salty Foods
Jun 14, 2008

Yes, food in Portugal is an incomparable improvement....... right down feckin delicious, let's put it that way...... but oh so salty...... so salty....... and the size of those portions...... half a portion would feed a family of four in most countries ...

Portugal!!
Apr 10, 2007 (5 photos)

Well we are going to Portugal, so excited will tell you all about it...later, but enjoy the pictures!

Chapel of Bones
Jul 14, 2009 (8 photos)

Bussed to Faro, a small seaside town with not a hell of a lot really!! Our room had no window, but faked the appearance by having a curtain anyway... nothing like a little bit of closet sleeping!! Went for a swim at the beach/lagoon with our 1.60 euro ...

Not too far to Faro
Jan 27, 2009

... so we booked a train in the right direction and got on board. Later that night we landed in the cute coastal town of Faro, Portugal.  We decided to spend the night rather than catch a night bus and arrive at the coast at midnight.  We ...

This only cost 34€ ?!?!?!?
Nov 27, 2004 (7 photos)

... airport. I managed to read an entire book (there was a lot of waiting around) before I finally arrived in Faro, a little town at the southern end of Portugal that I'd never heard of. I got a taxi from the airport, and thank God I did! The directions ...

The beginning
Dec 10, 2006 (4 photos)

Portugal... there was two and now just me wandering free as a bird!

Soaking up the sun along the Algarve
Jun 20, 2006 (26 photos)

... area, what more do you need but a swimsuit, right?! haha I have to say the Algarve, located on the south coast of Portugal, was a great place to take a relaxing-do nothing holiday. Definitely a good choice we made! Apart from heaps of R&R and sun to re ...

Where to?
Oct 20, 2009

... is similar to sunflower seeds, in that psychologically you are eating, but physically you are consuming so very little.  I arrived in Faro early in the day, located the nearest internet cafe and sent out a flurry of requests to both Couch Surfing and ...

Little fishing village
Jul 26, 2007 (4 photos)

Late this afternoon the bus reached Portugal and an hour later arrived in Faro. My first impression of Faro, was that it had a Naples feel to it. I was really hoping that I was wrong. Found my hotel, unfortunately I couldn't find a hostel on the Internet ...

Faro
Apr 13, 2008 (1 photos)

... the evening, they came from Lagos just up the road and they said that  Lagos was buzzing. I lucked out again. Faro seems like a good retirement village.The sun was shining though. I only got one Photo of Faro as my camera battery finally ...

Einddoel eerste fase gehaald
Jun 20, 2007 (69 photos)

... een internet cafe om een nieuwe entery te posten. . Vrijdag maken we de laatste sprong aan de westkust van Portugal. De windvoorspelling is eigenlijk tegen, maar nu de voorspellingen toch steeds niet uitgekomen zijn, en er geen hoge oceaandeining ...

Folk Festival
Aug 25, 2006

So after leaving Lisbon we cruised down to the bottom of Portugal to a place called faro. Nice little town has a heap of beaches and a beautiful little harbour area with restaurants and stuff. Oh buy the way every one christmas is now Feburary 2nd in ...

Faro
Dec 13, 2008

... least dry. Just up the road was a magnificent road bridge over the 'Rio Gaudiana', we crossed it and were in Portugal. The search for a hotel amongst the south coast, holiday ghost towns continued with no luck and we eventually reached Faro, where the ...

The Algarve
Jun 3, 2007 (14 photos)

... buildings nicely. The Algarve is a much slower pace to Madrid, but we are appreciative of the change. * * * Faro is a smallish town in the south of Portugal, which we have come to seeking to see a little bit of small town European life and catch ...

Faro
Aug 30, 2008 (3 photos)

After 3 hours driving from the Lisbon airport we arrived in Faro. Let's wear flip flop and boardshorts and adopt the summer attitude !

Could Wake The Deaf
May 22, 2007

This Episode has yet to be finalized and edited. Read at your own risk. This morning I woke up in hallway after a night of battling shouts from kids who appeared far too old to behaving as they were and an olypic level snore-athon staged by one of my ...

Bus adventures cerca Faro
May 22, 2007

... or etirely in the future. Its your choice. ; ) May 22, 2007 1:51PM I write to you now from a bus stop in Faro, Portugal, after a regretably late start to my day. I awoke in the peaceful city of Faro, Portugal yesterday 4:30PM with a gasp discovering ...

Faro - Inferior to Lagos
Sep 13, 2007

Faro

No Flamingoes in Faro
Oct 14, 2008 (12 photos)

... have a delicous looking restaurant lined up for the evening (non-hostel cooking! crazy!) and a large bottle of Portuguese port which we may have underestimated and seems to be getting the better of us.   All our best from Portugal Dan and Gabes

Armacao de Pera
Mar 21, 2006

... we are ataying here until we receive some post, and then plan to go to Sagres next week, the furthest South West one can travel in Portugal. The temperature in Costa del Sol is about 24 - 25C, here it is about 20C so we will be making our way back to ...

Portugal!
Aug 6, 2007

... . Very delicious and very cheap. We also tried some "vinho verde" or green wine, which apparently is very typical in Portugal and very tasty too. I realized after talking to some of the locals, that most people are more comfortable speaking English than ...

Lisbon
Mar 6, 1977

Lisbon - lots of roadworks Tagus River, Black Horse Square, shopping streets Belem - lovely little marinas, Explorers Monument, Tower Largest suspension bridge in Europe - fabulous views back to the city Headed towards Faro

Faro, Portugal
Apr 19, 2008

the city of Faro is nice but nothing special, the resort of Sheraton in Albufeira very closed from Faro is really a wonderful place!

Stranded again.
Mar 16, 2007

When I reached the bus station, the ticket office was closed and the bus driver doesn´t sell tickets on board. Luckily, there was a 2 star hotel nearby. Another 25 Euros gone.

Faro
Feb 11, 2002 (2 photos)

We stopped again in Faro, and had planned to have a good look around and possibly stay the night. The main beach, Praia De Faro, was beautiful, and I really wanted to go swimming but it was still a bit fresh. We were down to short sleeves and three-quarter ...

Faro
Oct 17, 2007

... know. I hate olives. Eeeewww.. shiver. The wine was really tasty. Makes me think I should start drinking wine here in Portugal. Well I keep waiting, waiting, waiting.. no food... Finally I ask the guy that speaks English at the table next to me if he ...