Turn to the Algarve for inspiration

The Algarve is a popular holiday destination with the British but it is also a place to buy a second home. It has great, wide sandy beaches splashed by Atlantic waves and depicted by strong sandstone cliffs, hours and hours of sunshine and a lot of light and warmth when Britain is cold during Winter. Most of the coast has been developed. The communities are quite metropolitan which has advantages particularly good transport infrastructure, facilities and shops. But this does not mean that rocky graves and grottoes or traditional villages around the region can no longer be found. In the far southwest is Sagres where Henry the Navigator’s school was located, now a patron of the great Portuguese voyages of discovery which began in the 15th century.

There are many other discoveries too. At Estoi there are Roman ruins, a prosperous artisan and farmer’s market and the remains of a 12th century castle at Loule, and the old Moorish town of Silves. The Serra de Monchique is a natural highlight with a beautiful mountain range of chestnut and cork forests and abode of the spa Caldas de Monchique. Only more than three hours air travel from the UK and full of a variety of properties in the flourishing and cosmopolitan market, Algarve is one of the jewels in the European market.

Faro is the center of international flights. The airport is well catered to by bmibaby, British Airways, Easyjet, Monarch and Tap-Air Portugal, with departures from eigth UK airports. The Via do Infante motorway has severely improved driving times along the Algarve and access from Spain. Driving times to popular places differ from 30 minutes to Vilamoura, an hour to Albufeira, one hour and 30 minutes to Portimao and Paraia da Rocha and to Lagos it will take two hours.

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