Sergio’s Guidebook

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Sergio’s Guidebook

Amusement parks

The Aquashow Park is the largest Water Park and Theme Park of Portugal. As of 2020, it's now open all year round.
388 locals recommend
Aquashow Park - WaterPark
n.º 1 R. do Semino
388 locals recommend
The Aquashow Park is the largest Water Park and Theme Park of Portugal. As of 2020, it's now open all year round.

Drink scene

Great bar for live music. Open until 4am
14 locals recommend
Rock Café Bar
23 Largo Eng. Duarte Pacheco
14 locals recommend
Great bar for live music. Open until 4am

Food scene

What you will find here are my choices for good Portuguese cuisine.
Want some good chicken piri-piri? This great restaurant is located on the Santa Eulália road, on the other side of Albufeira. Great food for a great price.
10 locals recommend
Restaurante Churrasqueira Agapito
Estrada de Santa Eulália
10 locals recommend
Want some good chicken piri-piri? This great restaurant is located on the Santa Eulália road, on the other side of Albufeira. Great food for a great price.
If you like fish, you must try the cataplana!
13 locals recommend
O Pinhal
371A EM1289
13 locals recommend
If you like fish, you must try the cataplana!
All they serve here is Chicken Piri-Piri. It's good and quick service.
51 locals recommend
O Teodósio
50 R. do Emigrante
51 locals recommend
All they serve here is Chicken Piri-Piri. It's good and quick service.
Chicken Piri-Piri at it's best. This is a restaurante with 3 floors. Lot's of seating but it goes quickly!!
69 locals recommend
Ramires
14 R. 25 de Abril
69 locals recommend
Chicken Piri-Piri at it's best. This is a restaurante with 3 floors. Lot's of seating but it goes quickly!!
This restaurant service 4-5 daily dishes, quickly at a good price. Closed on Sundays.
6 locals recommend
Restaurante O João
52 R. Dr. Ataíde de Oliveira
6 locals recommend
This restaurant service 4-5 daily dishes, quickly at a good price. Closed on Sundays.
Small restaurant that serves tasty meals. The owners are a Portuguese couple that also lived in the UK.
Snack Bar Bom Petisco Albufeira
44 R. Camilo Castelo Branco
Small restaurant that serves tasty meals. The owners are a Portuguese couple that also lived in the UK.
If pizza and pasta is your thing, this is the place to visit.
15 locals recommend
Paulu's Pizzeria
Estrada de Santa Eulália
15 locals recommend
If pizza and pasta is your thing, this is the place to visit.
One of my favorite little Mexican restaurant.
Mi Sombrero
17 Rua São Gonçalo de Lagos
One of my favorite little Mexican restaurant.
One of the best place to enjoy seafood in Albufeira. You will need to call ahead.
22 locals recommend
A Lagosteira
Estrada das Açoteias
22 locals recommend
One of the best place to enjoy seafood in Albufeira. You will need to call ahead.

Sightseeing

During the summer, it's full of activities. You must check out the boat trips. I recommend AlgarExperience.
137 locals recommend
Albufeira Marina
Apartado 2422 Beco da Orada
137 locals recommend
During the summer, it's full of activities. You must check out the boat trips. I recommend AlgarExperience.
14 locals recommend
Dolphins Driven
14 locals recommend
Algarve Cave Tours | Vilamoura Boat Trip | Benagil Cave Tours
10 locals recommend
Loulé Saturday Market
12 N270
10 locals recommend
ZEBRA SAFARI TOURS
AlgarExperience, Enjoy the Sea
Rua Marina de Albufeira
49 locals recommend

Motorsports park

The complex, the tracks and the facilities that provide one of the best motosport experience of the world. The perfect spot for leisure kart rentals, tests and presentations, private races or official competitions. Racing cars, sport cars and motos, go-kart, off-road buggies. Which one will be your experience?
88 locals recommend
Algarve International Circuit
Sítio do Escampadinho, Mexilhoeira Grande
88 locals recommend
The complex, the tracks and the facilities that provide one of the best motosport experience of the world. The perfect spot for leisure kart rentals, tests and presentations, private races or official competitions. Racing cars, sport cars and motos, go-kart, off-road buggies. Which one will be your experience?

Golf Courses

The 18 hole Salgados Golf Course set on the flat lands behind the sandy beach of Praia de Gale. The environmental nature of the course is to associate it with a typical Links Course but with the added asset of the sun. It is very open to the elements with little vegetation and lots of water hazards. It requires a technically skilled player to achieve a good result from a round which can often be influenced by the prevailing onshore breeze.
84 locals recommend
Salgados Golf Course
Rua do Golf
84 locals recommend
The 18 hole Salgados Golf Course set on the flat lands behind the sandy beach of Praia de Gale. The environmental nature of the course is to associate it with a typical Links Course but with the added asset of the sun. It is very open to the elements with little vegetation and lots of water hazards. It requires a technically skilled player to achieve a good result from a round which can often be influenced by the prevailing onshore breeze.
Our rates are for two rounds on the 9 hole Balaia Golf Course. Opened in April 2001 this small and attractive golf course offers the opportunity to improve your iron shots and your short game. It carries the title of Executive Course which in its name implies the quality of its layout and subtle challenges. Located at the back of the Balaia Village Holiday Complex it presents from the first tee a charming view of most of the course with the ribbon of blue sea as its background. A course to test the ability of a golfer to control shot length and direction.
Balaia Golf Course
31 Balaia Golf Village
Our rates are for two rounds on the 9 hole Balaia Golf Course. Opened in April 2001 this small and attractive golf course offers the opportunity to improve your iron shots and your short game. It carries the title of Executive Course which in its name implies the quality of its layout and subtle challenges. Located at the back of the Balaia Village Holiday Complex it presents from the first tee a charming view of most of the course with the ribbon of blue sea as its background. A course to test the ability of a golfer to control shot length and direction.
The 18 holes have been laid out over level ground and provide and with the exception of the eleventh and twelve that take the player around and over a lake. It has open fairways for the player with very few trees to present difficulties. The Laguna Course can be likened to some degree to the challenges that are provided by a normal Links course. However, there are many water hazards with strategically placed bunkers in open terrain. These factors combined with the occasional strong wind make for an interesting round.
Laguna Golf Course - Dom Pedro Golf Collection - Vilamoura
Caminho da Fonte do Ulme
The 18 holes have been laid out over level ground and provide and with the exception of the eleventh and twelve that take the player around and over a lake. It has open fairways for the player with very few trees to present difficulties. The Laguna Course can be likened to some degree to the challenges that are provided by a normal Links course. However, there are many water hazards with strategically placed bunkers in open terrain. These factors combined with the occasional strong wind make for an interesting round.
The 18 hole Millennium Golf Course is located within the Vilamoura Resort area. Martin Hawtree has extended his original concept of the original 27 Holes by adding another 9 and created and creating two individual distinctive courses. These new holes are part of the Millennium Course and wander amongst the parkland of pine tress that are often found on the coast in the Algarve. The course is a pleasure to play with subtle with few very tricky situations except for possibly the Par 3 sixth with its lake on the left of the fairway waiting for erring balls.
Dom Pedro Millennium Golf Course
Caminho da Fonte do Ulme
The 18 hole Millennium Golf Course is located within the Vilamoura Resort area. Martin Hawtree has extended his original concept of the original 27 Holes by adding another 9 and created and creating two individual distinctive courses. These new holes are part of the Millennium Course and wander amongst the parkland of pine tress that are often found on the coast in the Algarve. The course is a pleasure to play with subtle with few very tricky situations except for possibly the Par 3 sixth with its lake on the left of the fairway waiting for erring balls.
Pine Cliffs Golf Course has 9 holes and is a very well maintained course. It is located virtually on the cliff top near Albufeira and is managed by the new Pine Cliffs Hotel, a Luxury Collection Resort. The challenging prize of the course is its ninth hole played from the tee over a ravine with beautiful views down onto the sandy beach. This hole has been given the local nickname of the 'Devils Parlour'. This small and beautiful course is also set among the pine trees and presents a a very pleasant and charming round of golf.
34 locals recommend
Pine Cliffs Golf Course
34 locals recommend
Pine Cliffs Golf Course has 9 holes and is a very well maintained course. It is located virtually on the cliff top near Albufeira and is managed by the new Pine Cliffs Hotel, a Luxury Collection Resort. The challenging prize of the course is its ninth hole played from the tee over a ravine with beautiful views down onto the sandy beach. This hole has been given the local nickname of the 'Devils Parlour'. This small and beautiful course is also set among the pine trees and presents a a very pleasant and charming round of golf.
Pinhal Golf Course is situated in Vilamoura as a sister to the other four golf courses. It is laid out through the pine tree forest and is set back from the tourist beach area. The outward nine holes wander through the holiday villas that line the fairways. The well positioned bunkers make the course very enjoyable for the players, testing their choice of clubs and their accuracy.
14 locals recommend
Dom Pedro Pinhal Golf Course
Rua da Torre d'Água
14 locals recommend
Pinhal Golf Course is situated in Vilamoura as a sister to the other four golf courses. It is laid out through the pine tree forest and is set back from the tourist beach area. The outward nine holes wander through the holiday villas that line the fairways. The well positioned bunkers make the course very enjoyable for the players, testing their choice of clubs and their accuracy.
The Alamos Golf Course is one of the newer courses to open in the Algarve. Located just north of Portimao the 18 hole course is laid out as a neighbour to its sister course the Morgado Golf Course. The fairways meander through a 980 hectare estate with small valleys.
6 locals recommend
Alamos Golf Course
6 locals recommend
The Alamos Golf Course is one of the newer courses to open in the Algarve. Located just north of Portimao the 18 hole course is laid out as a neighbour to its sister course the Morgado Golf Course. The fairways meander through a 980 hectare estate with small valleys.
The Alto Golf Course is a 18 hole course located close to the fishing village of Alvor near to Portimao. This course is situated close enough to the ocean to give the player an occasional sea view. A simple par 3 opens your round but it is deceiving to what is in store. The Alto Golf Course is considered a good test of the ability of the player with strategic bunkers, dog-legs, elevated greens and well placed trees. A further noteworthy challenge is the par 5 on the sixteenth that is considered to be one of the longest holes in Europe.
9 locals recommend
Alto Golf and Country Club
Quinta Alto do Vale
9 locals recommend
The Alto Golf Course is a 18 hole course located close to the fishing village of Alvor near to Portimao. This course is situated close enough to the ocean to give the player an occasional sea view. A simple par 3 opens your round but it is deceiving to what is in store. The Alto Golf Course is considered a good test of the ability of the player with strategic bunkers, dog-legs, elevated greens and well placed trees. A further noteworthy challenge is the par 5 on the sixteenth that is considered to be one of the longest holes in Europe.
The Gramacho Golf Course near Carvoeiro in the Algarve was originally a nine hole course which has been extended and cleverly redesigned to become a fully fledged interesting 18 hole course. A formidable challenge to its designer! The course covers undulating terrain with olive, almond and carob trees scattered as planted years before by the local farmers. The Gramacho Course is designed for the player to be technically accurate and to know which club to choose before hitting the ball. Anything less will quickly increase his score.
14 locals recommend
Gramacho Golf resort
14 locals recommend
The Gramacho Golf Course near Carvoeiro in the Algarve was originally a nine hole course which has been extended and cleverly redesigned to become a fully fledged interesting 18 hole course. A formidable challenge to its designer! The course covers undulating terrain with olive, almond and carob trees scattered as planted years before by the local farmers. The Gramacho Course is designed for the player to be technically accurate and to know which club to choose before hitting the ball. Anything less will quickly increase his score.
The Morgado Golf Course is situated to the north of the town of Portimao and is the sister course to the Álamos Course. The Morgado Golf Course is laid out in a large 980 hectare estate through undulating small valleys. The immediate main characteristic factors are generous fairways and its large greens which place demand on good putting skills. Also, the accuracy of the players shot will be questioned by deep aggressive bunkers.
12 locals recommend
Morgado Golf Course
12 locals recommend
The Morgado Golf Course is situated to the north of the town of Portimao and is the sister course to the Álamos Course. The Morgado Golf Course is laid out in a large 980 hectare estate through undulating small valleys. The immediate main characteristic factors are generous fairways and its large greens which place demand on good putting skills. Also, the accuracy of the players shot will be questioned by deep aggressive bunkers.

Traveler advice

Getting around

Discover Albufeira in Tourist Train

In order to enjoy this experience in full, we careful place our stops near the places of greatest tourist interest. If you choose to do the full tour (2 routes) the connection stations are located in the old city centre, a 10-minute walk away that you shouldn't miss. Tickets can be used on any of the routes, the "Combo" ticket allows you to travel on both routes throughout the day. Start your tour early so you can make the most of the day. https://www.turistrem.com/index_en.html