Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Police station
(
282 780 240; EN125, eastern end of Lagos)
282 770 240)
Centrally located just off Praça Gil Eanes.
Post & telephone office
(
Hospital São Gonçalo
( 282 790 700;
www.hppsaude.pt
; Av D Sebastião)
Private hospital a few kilo-
metres northwest of the town centre.
9am-6pm daily, longer hours in summer)
The
Turismo
(
282 763 031;
www.visitalgarve.pt
; Praça Gil Eanes;
very helpful staff offers excellent maps and leaflets.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
WALKING IN THE ALGARVE
Ana Carla Cabrita is a walking guide with
Walkin'Sagres
(
Click here
).
Why do you like walking in the Algarve region?
For many reasons! The region has a lot of untouched nature.
You can walk long distances with the feeling of being on your own, without another soul. You also meet elderly,
local people, see typical houses, get a sense of traditions. The feeling of being back in time is amazing!
What fauna and flora should travellers look out for when they are walking in the Algarve?
From August to
October, Sagres is the best place to look for raptors, vultures and the rare Black Stork just to name a few. In
spring, flowers are everywhere, including wild orchids. Sagres' Biogenetic Reserve is protected because of its
many endemic plants, such as
Biscutella Vicentina
and
Ulex erinaceus
.
Can you share your favourite 'secret' walking spot in the Algarve?
This one is difficult! North of Aljezur, in
Rogil, there's a small but really special walk - near local farms, clifftop sand dunes and an amazingly diverse
flora. (Follow the ''Esteveira' sign.) And at Serra do Caldeirão (
Click here
)
, on the northeast Algarve, there are
some marked walks around the small villages of Caixas Baixas and Mealha.
Getting There & Away
BUS
From the
bus station
(
282 762 944;
www.eva-bus.com
; Rua Vasco da Gama)
buses travel to the fol-
lowing:
Albufeira
(€5.45, one hour, 10 daily weekdays, four on weekends)
Cabo de São Vicente
(€4.10, one hour, one on weekdays only)
Lisbon
(€20, 4¼ hours, 10 express daily)
Portimão
(€4, 20 minutes, hourly)
Sagres
(€3.80, one hour, nearly hourly on weekdays, one Saturday and Sunday) Via the
crossroads to Salema (€2.60, 20 minutes; several run into Salema) from where you must
walk for around 1km along a narrow road.
