If you only have one morning on the central Algarve coast, make it Benagil Cave. This famous sea cave near Benagil village is one of those places that genuinely lives up to the photos: honey-coloured cliffs, turquoise water, and dramatic openings carved by the Atlantic. The good news? It’s easy to visit. You don’t need […]
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If you like your beaches a little wild and your hair full of salt spray, Praia do Amado is going to feel like love at first sight. Tucked away on the west coast of the Algarve, just south of the tiny village of Carrapateira, this long crescent of sand is framed by rugged cliffs, rolling […]
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If you like your beaches with a little bit of effort and a big sense of reward, Praia da Fabrica might just be your Algarve love story. Tucked away near the whitewashed village of Cacela Velha on the eastern side of the region, this isn’t a rock-up-and-plonk-your-towel sort of place. It’s a sandbank that appears […]
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Why Praia do Camilo steals hearts If you've ever dreamed of a secret cove at the bottom of dramatic golden cliffs, with water so clear you can count the tiny fish from the steps, Praia do Camilo is probably the place your imagination has been trying to describe. Tucked just outside the town of Lagos, […]
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A tucked-away beach with a foodie twist If you like your beaches small but mighty, Praia do Evaristo on the Albufeira coast is going to steal your heart. Tucked between low golden cliffs and sprinkled with rocky outcrops, it feels more like a cluster of sandy pockets than one long strip of sand. Add in […]
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If the Algarve had a pin-up, it would almost certainly be Praia da Marinha. Those honey-coloured cliffs, the sea stacks standing dramatically in the Atlantic and that heart-shaped rock arch you have definitely seen on Instagram – it is all here, concentrated into one wildly photogenic cove. This is not just a pretty face, though. […]
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Praia da Amoreira is one of those beaches that makes you wonder how it stayed so low-key for so long. Tucked just north of Aljezur, where a lazy river curls into the Atlantic and dunes roll away like a sandy blanket, it feels wild and spacious but still perfectly doable for an easy beach day. […]
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Praia da Mareta: Sagres’ Sheltered Bay at the Edge of Europe If Sagres is the wild, wind-swept full stop at the end of mainland Europe, Praia da Mareta is the gentle comma in the sentence – a curved, sheltered bay where you can finally exhale. Tucked just below the town, this beach feels like Sagres’ […]
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Praia do Amado: Wild Surf and Wide-Open Skies on the West Coast If the polished resorts of the central Algarve feel a bit too neat for you, Praia do Amado is where things get delightfully scruffy. Tucked on the wild Costa Vicentina, north of Sagres and close to the little village of Carrapateira, this is […]
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Why Pontal da Carrapateira Feels Like the End of the Map (In a Good Way) Stand on the clifftops at Pontal da Carrapateira and it honestly feels as though the land simply runs out of ideas and throws itself into the Atlantic. Waves hammer the foot of the cliffs, the wind whips your hair into […]
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