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Where to go in Portugal?
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Hey hey people!
Me and a couple of my friends are looking to go Portugal next year. it was meant to be a trip to Miami, but we postponed that for the year after, realising we need a bit more money lol.
But we are looking to go Portugal and was wondering what the places to go are?
We are looking for beach, women, and bars, and not too many tourists. Also maybe a separate island we can go to while we are there.
Beautiful sights are welcome too.
hope to get a many ideas
thanks!!
Me and a couple of my friends are looking to go Portugal next year. it was meant to be a trip to Miami, but we postponed that for the year after, realising we need a bit more money lol.
But we are looking to go Portugal and was wondering what the places to go are?
We are looking for beach, women, and bars, and not too many tourists. Also maybe a separate island we can go to while we are there.
Beautiful sights are welcome too.
hope to get a many ideas
thanks!!
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Difficult to find anywhere where the ubiquitous tourists don't go, especially as you stipulate beaches and bars.
It would be easier to suggest places where less tourists aim for, like the western coast, Coimbra, Cascais, Setubal etc.
Minor setback in those places is the fact that although it gets hot enough in July and August, it is not as hot as Algarve.
You sound as though you are of the younger generation, Albufeira might suit you, providing you can understand English
spoken in a northern accent, and you like burgers and chips.
It is also overrun with English girls in the summer, who are so easy you can lay them down with an eyelash flick.
I'd never give Brad Pitt sleepless nights, but I'm brutally handsome, (to quote the Eagles, Life in the Fast Lane.)
I was born in France, and still speak with a French accent, so when homing in on a bunch of English girls
my English friends would send me in on point as it were, the girls would lap it up and we were usually home free.
I'm not aware of any islands close to the Portuguese coast, The Azores and Madeira are Portuguese, but quite far away.
Having said that!. whether we were just unlucky or not i don't know but!. most of the Portugese people we met were very off hand and rude in the way they spoke to us as if they really couldn't be bothered with tourists!..
All in all not a great holiday and i certainly wont be rushing back there any time this century!!
Certainly a lot more quiet these days, if the OP wants a nice relaxing stay.
I am actually looking to go towards Algrave though, You have any information about that?
Lol @ the brad pitt comment
As a general rule - the Algarve is a plebby shithole and the rest is worth visiting
It's all a bit hazy, and in my past now, but I asked around my nieces and nephews, and they suggested.
Meeting Room- in Tavira, east of Faro, Boomerang in Villamoura, west of Faro.
Le Club, and Lipstick, both in Albufeira.
Good beaches and bars - Olhao, Quartera, Carvoiero, Armacao de Pera.
Don't forget to say faz favor and obrigado, politeness goes a long way.
Have a great time.
Actually its is a lovely spot . It may have history but that doesnt change the fact that its a lovely area with really lovely apartments and restaurants etc .
Hard to argue with that, a shame, but true IMO.
Lisboa and Oporto are beautiful places.
In the Algarve, Carvoiero is nice, some excellent restaurants, Portimao is interesting too.
Albufeira is like plebsville in the summer, the Old Town and The Strip can be ghastly.
Go one klm. north of Avenida dos Descobrimentos, toward Tavernes and
Tunes however, and you'll find great Portuguese restaurants.
You'll rarely if ever find a chav with an England football shirt on out that way.
Doesn't it?..... i couldn't have explained it very well then!. what part of i wont be going back any time this century sound like i didn't have a bad time?
You took the words right out of my mouth Reg!.....:D
We stay in the Odemira region which is inland, but regularly travel to all stretches of the Algarve and love every second.
Some areas come across as a little scruffy (houses in desperate need of painting etc), but the people are friendly and welcoming, there is a wide range of cuisines and plenty of bars, beaches etc.
If you end up in Albufeira, visit Shalom or Shalom II restaurants. A mix of Portuguese and Dutch cuisines, the food is lovely and staff very friendly.
As mentioned above, Lisbon is a good base. The city itself is like a mini version of Barcelona (only cheaper and with fewer pickpockets) with a great nightlife. Public transport is very cheap so it is easy to explore along the coast to Cascais and Estoril or up into the mountains to Sintra.