LANDSCAPES OF ALGARVE - CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

Preface 5
Acknowledgements; Background reading 6
Getting about 7
Picnicking 8
Picnic suggestions 9
Touring 14
Country fairs and markets 17

THE WEST COAST TOUR (TOUR 1) 18
Lagoa · Portimão · Lagos · Sagres · Aljezur · Marmelete · Silves · Lagoa

MOUNTAINS AND 'MOORS' (TOUR 2) 23
Lagoa · Silves · Caldas de Monchique · Monchique · Foia · Lagoa

VILLAGES OF THE BARROCAL (TOUR 3) 26
Faro · Estói · Amendoeira · (Fonte de Benémola) · Salir · Alte · Paderne · Bouliqueime · Faro

EASTERN HIGHLIGHTS (TOUR 4) 33
Faro · Olhão · (Tavira) · Vila Real de Santo António · Castro Marim · Cachopo · Barranco do Velho · São Brás de Alportel · Faro

MÉRTOLA CIRCUIT (TOUR 5) 39
Faro · Santana da Serra · Almodôvar · Mértola · Castro Marim · Faro

WALKING
Guides, waymarking, maps 44
What to take 44
Where to stay 46
Weather 46
Things that bite or sting 47
Hunting season 48
A country code for walkers and motorists 48
Portuguese for walkers 50
Walkers' checklist 51
Organisation of the walks 51

THE WALKS
1 Luz · atalaia · Porto de Mós · Ponta da Piedade · Lagos 53
2 Luz · Burgau · Luz 58
3 Burgau · Ponta da Almádena · Boca do Rio · Salema · Burgau 61
4 Figueira · Ingrina · Zavial · Figueira 65
5 Fonte (Foia road) · Madrinha · Pé do Frio · Chilrão fonte 70
6 Monchique · Foia · Monchique 74
7 Monchique - Picota circuit 77
8 Ilha do Rosário circuit 80
9 Silves circuit 82
10 Benagil · Marinha · Albandeira · Senhora da Rocha · Benagil 86
11 Cerro - Conqueiros - Pico Alto circuit 90
12 Alte · Rocha dos Soidos · Alte 94
13 Paderne · Castelo · Azenhal · Paderne 98
14 Monte Seco circuit 102
15 Penina circuit 105
16 Salir circuit 108
17 Estói · Guilhim · Fialho · Estói 112
18 São Brás · Tareja · Vale de Estacas · São Brás 117
19 Tavira National Forest 122
20 Castro Marim Nature Reserve 125

Bus and train timetables 129
Index 133
Fold-out touring map/plan of Faro inside back