5 Feb 2022
Late breakfast in the apartment in Quarteira -- Shocking, right?
Arrived Portimao, a nearby port city, around 1100 hrs. Saw several of the most incredibly slick, sleek, skinny-ass kayaks on the water transporting mostly very young happy persons shouting, singing, flirting, laughing.
Arrived Portimao, a nearby port city, around 1100 hrs. Saw several of the most incredibly slick, sleek, skinny-ass kayaks on the water transporting mostly very young happy persons shouting, singing, flirting, laughing.Enjoyed espresso, of course, and pastel de nata (so sweet, so custardy, so ubiquitous in Portugal, clearly a national treasure). We strolled along the docks and side streets and hills among incredibly old and modern buildings. We really liked the look and feel of this place. So much more to explore and enjoy within the Algarve and the Silver Coast.
Alvor
Alvor is a civil parish (frequesia) in the municipality of Portimao. It's about a 10-minute drive from Portimao, very small with mostly stark white buildings of condominiums, apartments, villas, and retail businesses. Many of the residences overlook an incredibly scenic inland waterway connecting boaters to the open sea. Kiosks, mostly shuttered during the off-season, house businesses conducting water tours. There is one we'd like to try from Alvor to Lagos, perhaps in late March before we return to the States.
Here we had an early seafood dinner, mine was octopus, ML stuck with Salmon. Was there wine? There may have been.