THE ALGARVE · OLD TOWN WALKING TOURS
Every week on this coast has one free day too few. These 15 old town walking tours justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the beach.
A 2-hour Lagos Old Town walking tour in English with Brodie. See statues, churches, beaches, get local tips, and finish with Portuguese tastings.
“Learnt ankotnformsomeone who has been coming here for years! Love the history of the carnation revolution of April 1974.”
Electric tuk-tuk tour of Lagos old town and beaches with local guides, photo stops at Ponta da Piedade, $34 for 1.5 hours.
“Loved experiencing what we would never have been able to see or do by walking on our own”
A 2-hour Albufeira Old Town history walk with wine, cod cake, and cheese and charcuterie, ending in a tapas stop.
“Our guide was amazing! Very friendly and informative. A great tour with great guide. Highly recommended!”
A 3-hour Albufeira jeep tour linking west-coast beaches, Old Town sights, and Lagoa dos Salgados bird spotting for about $35.
“My wife and I had a great time with Renato. The tour is a great way to get an idea of what to do in Albufeira. It was great!!”
Faro Old Town guided food tour with 4 local stops, around 10 tastings and drinks, plus neighborhood stories in about 3 hours.
“Very nice locations, but I had hoped for longer walks to have a bit more time between the meals.”
2-hour guided walk in Lagos with Brodie, history, Portuguese words and market tastes, plus a cookie and 10 restaurant tips.
“Enjoyed all Brodies local tips about where to eat and drink. He was very informative about Portugals explorers, some fascinating stories about Brazil being discovered by accident. Portuguese language was fun. History of Henri and darker information about slavery. Little hidden gems like Bone Chapel ( I returned later to see it. Would never have known of its existence. Thank you. History of Pastel de Nata( just had to est a few more before holiday ended next day) Brodie was very relaxed and friendly and was lucky to be in a small group ( 6 people and a cute baby)”
Faro food and drink walking tour with a small private group, tastings across six stops, and local wine and cocktail moments.
“Our guide, Alessandra, was wonderful. She was so friendly and gave us a great sampling of the local food! We had such a fun evening with her and would highly recommend this tour!”
Half-day tour from Albufeira to Silves and Monchique, with Moorish castle stops, pH 9.5 thermal springs, and mountain views.
“Our tour guide was so lovely and told us so many amazing facts, not just about Silves and Monchique, but about Portugal too. The scenery and places we stopped were absolutely beautiful and were so glad we took this tour. If we had done it off our own backs we’d never of seen half of the stuff we did.”
Private historical Algarve tour from Albufeira: Senhora da Rocha, Silves, Monchique, Fóia and Fonte Santa spring water, with pickup.
“Johnny was incredible. I can’t say enough good things in this space, but I will say this. You want a great day?…..book a tour with Johnny. He is so gracious and fun.”
Electric tuk-tuk tour of Albufeira: beaches, Old Town streets, Falesia cliffs and marina views, private 2-hour ride for $64.
“Our guide pedro was fantastic, the places he took us to was stunning, the trip was well planned and he went out of this way to help in any way he could, highly recommended”
Walk Faro at your pace with the offline Walkbox app, exploring walled Old Town, churches, and cathedral views for about 3 hours and $8.
Carvoeiro cliff walk with Ferragudo free time, then cruise from Portimão to Benagil caves and Algar Seco, with pickup included.
“Hele mooie excursie. De wandeling met de enthousiaste Nederlandse gids was prachtig. Henk wist veel van het land en de natuur en dat was ook leerzaam. Smiddags eerst rondgelopen in het pittoreske dorpje Ferrugado waar je een mooi uitzicht hebt over de rivier en de stad Portimao. De boottocht vanuit Portimao naar de grotten was een attractie met hoge golven en een schipper die met de speedboot soms scherpe bochten maakte”
A 1.5-hour private yellow tuk tuk tour of Albufeira Old Town, mixing guided stories, photo stops, and panoramic views.
“Amazing, Fernanda was a fabulous tour guide and showed us so much in so little time. We did this later in our holiday and wished we’d done this at the start as there was so much we saw that we wanted to come back to! Couldn’t recommend enough!”
Ride a tuk tuk through Tavira’s historic center, then tour a restored century-old mill for Portuguese wine culture and tastings in a small group.
“The tour of the castle was really good and we left the tuk tuk to do it. Your was informative but difficult to hear the guide some of the time. Salt flats were interesting I didn’t realise how much work goes Niro making top quality salt Wine tasting was OK - the outdoors part was just spoiled by the very hot day (was a heatwave at 31C in May)”
Walk Lagos at your own pace with Walkbox offline audio, from São Sebastião Church to Ponta da Bandeira Fort, for about 2 hours.
“not very detailed guide instructions in logging in to the guide were confusing in that you needed to go to two separate websites.”
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