Walking in the Algarve - A Walker's Guidebook

 
Guidebook to walking 34 full- and half-day walks in Portugal's beautiful Algarve. The rich range of scenery from volcanic hills to dramatic limestone escarpments and beautiful coastline, together with a diversity of flowers and wildlife, and an equable climate, makes the Algarve an ideal walking destination.
 

Walking in the Algarve

40 Coastal and Mountain Walks
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Seasons
Mild, sunny winters make walking ideal late September to early June. July and August are too hot (average temperature 27.5°C).
Centres
Albufeira (busy in summer), around Carvoeiro, Silves, Salir, Estoi, Tavira, Monchique, Cachopo
Difficulty
Not strenuous. Vary in length from 2.5km to 17km, with max ascent of 500m.
Must See
nature reserves, rural life, history, coastal paths, Foia and Picota, Palacio de Estoi, Mata Nacional (Tavira)
 
 

The Algarve is covered by 14 sheets in the Carta Geografico do Portugal 1:50,000 series published in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These maps unfortunately do not include the enormous changes that have occurred since then. Besides the large-scale developments along the coast many new roads have been created, especially since Portugal joined the EC. Some roads are completely new and cut across the countryside; others follow old paths and tracks that have been upgraded to drivable roads – none of these changes are on the maps. Similarly some paths and tracks that feature on these maps have disappeared altogether from a combination of disuse and encroaching vegetation.

The Algarve is also covered by 39 sheets of the 1:25,000 maps of Portugal produced by the Instituto Geografico do Exercito (www.igeoe.pt), Av. Dr. Alfredo Bensaude, 1849 – 014 Lisbon, telephone: +351 218 505 300, fax: +351 218 532 119. They cannot be bought in the Algarve, but are available in the UK through Stanfords (stanfords.co.uk). However, the series is not updated or revised on a regular basis, and some maps are very out of date.

 
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