Sunday 8 October 2017

The Algarve.......Gods Waiting Room

So the Algarve has finished Portugal for us, we tried honestly, but for us it has nothing to offer.
We are leaving God's Waiting Room🤔😂

We decided to go for a plush campsite in Espiche
Location: geo:37.10157,-8.73816
It was an ACSI site, pretty big with loads of facilities, pool, spa, bar restaurant and to be fair it was very good. But you could have been anywhere, not within walking distance of anything much so we ended up moving on after 1 night.
So off to Lagos we head. Its OK but nothing of any character. Got ripped off again for lunch, Portugal really isn't a good value destination, unless of course........more of that in a minute.
Onwards to Alvor, we’ve heard and read good things about Alvor. So we head to a camperstop. Oh my God! We’ve seen a few of these camper van stop overs but this one takes the biscuit. It’s a hot, dusty car park next to a few newish  purpose built beach bars. It’s absolutely rammed. It’s basically a refugee camp with satellite TV. So there is a way to do Portugal on a budget, plenty of signs up outside the bars in town advertising beer for 90 cents a pint. Apparently plenty of Brits park up there for the winter. When it rains it turns into a mud bath so they'll collect pallets to stack around their MH to stop them getting trench foot I guess. Take a look at the photo, grim or what!?

Not for us. So we move on. We'll try inland. It looks promising even though there's no sea. We eventually end up on a campsite that’s obviously pretty new. Run/owned by a French couple who are really trying to make it a wonderful place. It's a work in progress, but cheap and good.
But that's it for the Algarve, shame that it's been a let down for us but we did try. So off to Spain in the morning.

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