26 Oct Boutique Hotels in the Algarve, Portugal: The Small Luxury Stays at the Very Top
Only six hotels in the Algarve hold Michelin Keys, and one villa costs more a night than most people's flights. Here is the top tier, with the real rates...
Only six hotels in the Algarve hold Michelin Keys, and one villa costs more a night than most people's flights. Here is the top tier, with the real rates...
A tiled café on the square, homemade vegan pretzels, a proper Portuguese confeitaria and the lunch stop that catches riders out on Mondays...
The postcard coves are not always the best beaches for small children. Here is where the water is shallow, the sea is warm and nobody has to carry a pushchair down a cliff...
he Michelin Guide puts it among Europe's ten best beaches. The car park holds a few dozen cars. Here is how to actually get onto the sand at Praia da Marinha...
Most riders who come to the Algarve never cross east of Faro. Here are the limestone climbs, empty roads and the Granfondo course that makes the hills above Tavira so hard...
One or two days on the bike, or a full training week? Here is how to choose between a guided day and riding the Algarve on your own...
Seven road rides in the Serra de Monchique, from the 8km drag up Fóia to a 115km day via Silves, with the gradients and café stops that matter...
Half the Algarve charges no tourist tax, and the best rooms under €100 are not where the resorts are. Here is where to stay for less...
A hire bike can ride like your own, or ruin a week. The difference is decided before you fly, and most of it takes ten minutes...
One café for lunch and a mechanic, one bakery for a bica at the counter, and the stops that get you home from Silves. Here is where to stop in Monchique, and when...