Day 1:
After a very early arrival at Faro International Airport, we picked up our rental car and drove 45 minutes to our hotel (Algarve Marriott Salgados Golf Resort & Spa) near Albufeira. It was too early to check-in so after dropping off our luggage we drove 10 minutes to Praia de Sao Rafael beach.
Later in the evening we drove to Albufeira town for dinner.
Both the Charcuterie & Bacalhau à Brás were excellent!!
Day 2:
We drove 40 minutes from our hotel to nearby town of Lagos to Ponta da Piedade hiking trail.
After spending a few hours at Ponta da Piedade trail, we drove 40 minutes back towards Benagil caves to arrive at Seven Hanging Valleys Trail.
We spent a couple of hours walking the trail and then returned back to hotel. We were very tired with all the walking that day and just opted for pizza for dinner via room service.
Day 3:
We drove 30 minutes from the hotel to Loule Saturday Market. There is an indoor market that is open 6 days a week and extended outdoor market that’s only open on Saturdays.
Karen bought some figs that she ate over the next couple days. We also tried some Mackarel, cod and shrimp croquets.
After returning back to hotel we took the hotel shuttle to Gale Oeste beach nearby.
For dinner we drove nearby to Sao Domingos Restaurant.
We liked the bread with tuna dip but didn’t care much for the seafood soup. The star of the evening was the duck breast. It was very delicious and paired very well with the sauce as well as the puree/rice.
