Historical Algarve: Full-Day Trip Exploring West Algarve's Rich History and Nature
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127 Ratings
Silves
Embark on a full-day trip to the historical and natural wonders of the West Algarve. Explore Silves, Foia, Monchique, Lagos, and Sagres with a professional multilingual tour guide.
Duration: 10 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Silves - Silves, the ancient morrish capital, is the first place we visit. In Silves you have the chance to visit the Castle, the Cathedral and the local market. Free time to explore and shop.
  • Mount Foia - Get the best panomaric view from Foia, Monchique, the highest point of the Algarve as well as tasting the local tradicional drinks. Great place for pictures and to enjoy the nature
  • Lagos - In the afternoon visit the famous city, Lagos. Very Important city for the Portuguese Discoveries. Free-time to explore monuments of such as the first European slave market, Saint Anthony’s golden church, the old town, the fort and the marina.
  • Sagres - Panoramic visit along the way, with the most spectacular views of the coast.
  • Cape Saint Vincent - The last stop of this day full of emotion, Cape Saint. Vincent, Europe’s last piece of land into the Atlantic, and known for many years as the end of world. Discover the fantastic rock formations and caves that surround it. Chance to visit the Discoveries Museum and see the lighthouse.
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Hotel or nearby location pickup and drop-off
  • Professional Guide
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Embark on a full-day journey to the Historically rich and natural beauty of the Algarve’s West!

• Supervised by a trained multi-language Tour Guide
• Explore Silves, the historic Moorish capital of the Algarve
• Experience Foia, the Algarve’s topmost point
• Discover Monchique
• Tour Lagos, a key city to the Portuguese expeditions
• Discover Sagres, one of Algarve’s most stunning and extraordinary locations

Location
Silves
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(127 Ratings)
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Wanda_a
Mar 7, 2024
It was a great day and... - It was a great day and well worth everything about it. Johny was agreat tour guide and made sure each of us had a great day.
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Wendy_s
Feb 28, 2024
Tour and guide were... - Tour and guide were excellent. Highly recommend. Great way to see sites without a car. Vehicle was very comfortable.
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Terry_h
Feb 24, 2024
Top day Trip. - Great full day tour of western Algarve, all stops in excellent locations. Fantastic, humorous driver/guide Johhny in comfortable mini bus. Lunch was extra including wine, but well worth extra cost.
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215seamusl
Nov 21, 2023
Great way to see the region - Had a great day out. Its a long day but doesn't seem like it as there is lots of stops. Nice towns to explore and we got to see the end of the world then onto the Algarve's highest point. Johnny our driver guide was brilliant, kept us entertained on the driving sections with his enthusiasm and local knowledge.
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Lynne_w
Feb 19, 2024
A taste of western Algarve - Pickup was right on time. A good way to spend a day. Driver made journey fun and interesting and we felt in safe hands. Lagos and Silves were the most enjoyable stops.
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Karen_k
Feb 14, 2024
A good day! - Johnny was our driver. Funny, informative. Had a small bus, held approx. 16 people, perfect size. Took our own lunch, did not take the lunch option.
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Kjsenorita
Nov 28, 2023
Great for short trip - A great way to pack in lots of cultural spots if you're on a short trip. Pick-up was very near my hotel. I liked it being a minibus rather than a coach. I had read the reviews before booking, regarding the lunch stop, so I was prepared for this (though I would have preferred not to have the stop where it was located). I took my own food which I ate during other stops and I took the lunch stop opportunity to have a drink. As the restaurant is in the middle of nowhere it is good value - a small beer was 1.30 Euro. Entry to Silves castle is 2.80 Euro (1.40 concession), so not much extra if you want to go inside. But there is plenty to see outside if not.
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Marilyn_w
Feb 21, 2024
Interesting nut not very comfortable. Unable to see muchwhen moving. Would not do it again in that vehicle. - The Church St. Anthony, the lunch, St. Vincent The most memorable part was not being able to see a darn thing from the van as were seated in the very back. All other passengers had a window but at the back there is none. We were always craning our necks or turning to look out the back window. It was not pleasant at all.
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Viliana_b
Jan 31, 2024
An Ok your with no area to buy lunch except the restaurant the tour picked - If you don’t have a car and first time here, good to see the glance of the area. Lots of driving. Lunch is the worst as they took us to one spot only (nothing else around the area) and felt like forced to participate and paid $22 euro and food was not that good. This should be mentioned in the tour.
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Fie2022
Jan 30, 2024
Ok tour - over price set lunch price - Pro Ok tour - nothing historically special. The driving was pleasant. Con We were only given one option lunch to pay 22 euro and there is no other restaurant to buy lunch😥 I don’t drink so paying 22 euro for a lunch is not reasonable. The lunch set arranged by the company should be specified to customers at the time of booking. If I know this, I will bring my own lunch and skip this lunch. Once you are there, this is the only restaurant they took us so I felt they gave us no choice but to pay the set lunch. 😥
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