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Lagos Slideshow
Lagos
Travel Blogs from Lagos, Portugal
Portugal
Spent my two months in Lagos lazing around on the beach, going out, working a few hours in the evenings, going to beach raves and soaking in the ...
Fun in the SUN!!!!!!
... the Algarve to a place called Sagres. Really enjoyed our few days here and Alfie's loved the long beach walks. Food in Portugal is great, had a huge plate of fresh sardines for lunch for £4. Just bought ourselves a stove top espresso coffee maker ...
Sand City- International Sand Sculpture Festival
... looked different from every angle you looked at it from. I ate pastries of course in the afternoon. The best pastry in Portugal is called a pasteis de nata which means creamy pastry. The tiny custard tart is renowned for its egg-rich creme brulee like ...
London Pics
Here are some pics from London (had to change map pin...the line from London to Lagos was ruining the ...
Algarvian Christmas
... , I was volunteered to drive back to Lagos in their hire car. That evening we went mob handed to the Lagos Navigators Christmas Dinner at a restaurant near the Marina. It was outrageously expensive - 20 euros(£14.00) for a 6 course meal ...
The Rising Cock.
We are here in Portugal now... our ninth country... with two left to go. The journey here was stressful and tiring and seemingly endless... our trains got messed up.. we were told wrong directions... we made some bad decisions which could have gotten us ...
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt
... won... and so far they were in the lead. I got back into town with a few minutes to spare and found a good position, Portugal won, a few people shouted and then packed up and left. It was very anti climatic. Where were the shouts? The cheers? The ...
Kayaking and Beach Lounging
... I cannot see everywhere. Met some cool hippies while I was waiting who informed me of the world music festival happening in Portugal; they said it featured amazing artists from around the world and the best part is that it was free! It sounded really ...
Checklist
Tent - check Practice setting up the tent - check Hiking shoes - check Detailed map of Portugal - check Detailed plans for the route - I'll pass Enough time for the crossing - hope so, check Possible temporary companion - surprising but yes, check ...
A Lose - Lose Situation
... went on a boat ride along the coast, in and out of the coves. The guide was really good and told us lots of information about Lagos and pointed out things along the way. On the way back, the guy let Andy drive the boat. After a relaxing lunch, we went ...
Sandy beaches and cocktails
... flew into Faro airport this morning and we were going to relax in Lagos for a few days. We caught an old, slow train to Lagos. Very comfortable sitting on vinyl seats in temperatures in the mid 30's! An hour or so later we arrived in Lagos. ...
Lagos
We left Faro to Lagos. The coastline is gorgeous, huge cliffs and red sand, awesome ! In Lagos we enjoyed kayaking as a warm up before starting the surf trip hehe ...
We are in Portugal!!!!!
... you walked from the middle of spain, right into London in about 1955, or so. it was crazy, bobbies and all. Now we are in Lagos Portugal. It is gorgeous!! the beach is super clean, and not nearly as windy as Costa Del Sol. We are not sunburnt yet, ...
Last night in Portugal
... and tried to get some sleep. First thing in the morning, we took off for the beach and the cliffs along the coastline of Lagos. Of course, it was cloudy, and the rain showed up for about 5 minutes just to let us know it was there. ...
A nice taste of Portugese lifestyle
After Seville, we headed for Lagos where we enjoyed 2 nights in southern Portugal. The first night was an opportunity to prove yourself on the drinking stage. Andrew, myself and Amy (tour guide) - 3 out of 44 people committed the '9 deadly sins', ...
Email to Family from Lagos
... about the policia so I said Desculpa and left. Im bummed out I couldn-t help the little guy, but I thought it was wise not to have any confrontations with Southern Portugal Policia, lest I become an amnesty candidate. Thats my story of the ...
The Algarve
Lagos and Sagres, Portugal. Great place to sit back and relax at the beach. Sagres has a beach called Praia Do Tonel which has some great surfing waves. Looks like a great place for beginners, when the waves are not too big. This place gets a tons of ...
Our Lagos adventures and Tobin pub crawl
After some hemming and hawing, we all finally agreed to make our way to Lagos, Portugal...party/vacation central in Portugal. Let me just tell you that traveling with 5 people when you have no plans and it is the high season is infinitely more difficult ...
We're Loco in Lagos!!
... . . . but we kind of chinsed you and we have changed our travel plans so we decided to update you! We are still in Lagos, Portugal. We LOVE it here. The beaches are super nice and sunny all of the time. Food isn't too expensive, and grocery store ...
Lagos
... that over looked the whole town. Was nice to stroll round for a couple of hours. We did find out a new road rule though, in Portugal you are not allowed to cross the centre line of the road.... even to park on the other side of the road... we all got ...
a shift in energy
... me. I don't really know where to go next, and surprise bills are depleting my meager funds. Thankfully I'm stranded in Southern Portugal, its cheap and beautiful, indeed there are less desirable places to be stranded. I decide to join a group of young ...
Portugal 04
... were stunned when the boat simply chugged across the channel in less than 10 minutes (again a river separated Spain and Portugal). See Spain chapter for more details. Insights into Portugal: - Portugese people are very nice and speak fabulous ...
Sun, Beaches, Cocktails, who could ask for more?
... !!! Lots of flat out time on the beach, and social time in the bars drinking fabulous cocktails creates a brilliant way to begin Portugal-however the only thing about this town is the general lack of Portugese culture, as it seems the majority of the ...
Susie¨s Birthday!!
... . It's a bit of a get-away for the rich and royalty so we didn't stay too long. Our next stop was Lagos on the southern coast of Portugal. We stayed in the brilliant little camp ground right near town. Lagos is a bit of a touristy party town which suited ...
Email to family from Lagos
I am writing to you from a bar called the 3 monkeys in Lagos, Portugal. The bar smells like puke and is full drunk 20 somethings. Not really my cup of tea, but the Rolling Stones are playing and the internet is free. Albufeira had a nice beach and ...