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...
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...
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...
The best coffee in Armação de Pêra is roasted on site, set back from the beach, and closed two days a week. Here is where to stop, and when...
One Lagos café has a coworking bar lined with sockets. Another bans laptops at weekends. Here is where to work in the Algarve, and where just to drink the coffee...
One opens at 07:00, the other has the sea view and the toasties, and between them one is always open. Where to stop for coffee on a ride from Quarteira...
Four Algarve cafés roast their own beans on site. Where to find a proper flat white from Aljezur to Tavira, and where we go in Lagos...