Welcome to Sasha's Algarve Travel Guide - a detailed online guidebook on health, transportation, emergency contacts, tipping, staying in touch, shopping and sightseeing, museum listings and entertainment in Algarve. Comprehensive bar and restaurant guides are also included.
It can be frustrating and time-consuming to research your travel destination. We live and work in Algarve and know it like a back of our hand. We are always happy when people come and visit our beautiful home city and want you to have as much information about Algarve as possible. That is why we have put together an online Algarve Travel Guide full of essential information for your trip.
The maritime province of the Algarve, often called the "garden of Portugal," is the southwesternmost part of Europe. Its coastline stretches 100 miles (161km), from Henry the Navigator's Cape St. Vincent to the border town of Vila Real de Santo António, fronting once-hostile Spain. The varied coastline contains sluggish estuaries, sheltered lagoons, low-lying areas where clucking marsh hens nest, long sandy spits, and promontories jutting out into the white-capped aquamarine foam.