TIVOLI VICTORIA Vilamoura

... arrives, probably in an hour or two. <br><br>Now I'm feeling a little remote. I'm pretty good at making the best of a situation, and dealing with the resources I have. As I haven't eaten yet today, I search a few of the nearby gardens for a bit of fruit to tide me over. Under the cover of early morning light I find a mature pomegranate tree loaded with fruit. I grab 5 of the plumpest fruits I can find and wander ...

... the kingdom of Dom Manuel I, the headland already had a beacon kept lit all night by the Capuchin friars. With a range of 95 kilometers, the present-day lighthouse is one of the most powerful in Europe. From the fortress of Sagres a panoramic view of the Atlantic Ocean is unforgettable.<br><br>Night show at Hotel Algarve Casino was spectacular. The dancers and the light show were truly unforgettable.<br><br><br>

In Albufeira, we went to a Portugese bullfight, not the real deal as in they don't kill the bull, rather they stab them in the back with a bunch of arrows. I thought it was mean, especially the first bull because it was pretty much still a baby and looked scared instead of angry. Jon ...

... there, he was hilarious and exactly like a euro version of an American beach bum. <br>We also went to check out the lagoon, I got out for a couple tacks, the wind was super light and I crashed my kite and it deflated... fun. I had to walk my kite back through shallow water ...

The west and south coast of Portugal is pretty much a long stretch of beaches surrounded and separated by huge red cliffs and you can get from one beach to another by crawling through caves in the cliffs (I also think that's where the bums sleep at night...) We did some surfing at a small secluded beach that I had been to 4 years ago with my family. We&#8217;re ...

Well it's been almost 28 hours since we left a cold, wet and windy Melbourne on Monday and we are here at last! The flights were generally OK with no major issues, aside from a plane load of children on the BA flight from London to Faro (we were prepared for this since July/Aug is the summer holiday season in Europe) and BA deciding to split us apart in the seating but were not able to seat us together cos the plane was full - very odd). <br><br>The flight connections were ...

... to arrive in hot places at midday carrying rucksacks and looking lost, we arrived in Tavira at around 1230 the mercury hitting 35 degrees, laden down and looking lost. Our hotel, booked online, for its proximity to the town centre could be seen high on a hill overlooking the town, perched in such a way as to be visible but seemingly disconnected from the narrow twisty streets. After a few wrong turns and a scare from a little but vicious dog, we ...

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

... senkrechten klippen eingebettet. herrlich !<br>am abend wurden wir mit einem leckeren selbstgekochten nachtessen begrüsst. super fein! am anderen abend in einem herzigen restaurant direkt an einer lauschigen bucht und gutem fisch. Dazu üppige Zmorgenessen mit allem was man sich wünscht....das alles tat eben doch auch gut :-) (ah ja,und sogar nachrichten auf SF1 im tv schauen.hapimag ist ja ...

We faced some brutally torrential downpours in Portugal... apparently the area had been experiencing some flooding- so we took it easy, slowed down, and hid out for a bit (in cheap pensions, under bridges, under the canopy of trees) and waited out the rain. Once the sunshine arrived it was amazing riding. So many little hills and mounds, almost one every kilometer it seemed. We headed South toward the Algarve desert region, where we saw loads of farm ...