Guides
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Planning a Large Group Villa Holiday in the Algarve: How to Organise 15 to 25 People
Bedrooms, money, transfers and feeding a crowd: what the organiser of a big Algarve villa trip needs to decide, and in what order.
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Benagil Caves Boat Trips from Lagos: Which One to Book
Speedboats from Lagos, the short hop from the Carvoeiro side, kayaks, and private charters: honest advice on which suits your group.
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Do You Need a Car in the Algarve? An Honest Local Answer
When you genuinely need one, when you don't, what it costs, and the middle path most visitors miss.
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Dolphin Watching in Lagos: An Honest Guide
What you'll actually see, which boat to choose, when to go, and the honest talk about sightings, seasickness and small children.
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eSIM for Portugal: Data for Your Algarve Holiday
Who needs one, who genuinely doesn't, and how to land in Faro with data already working: honest costs included.
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Faro Airport to Lagos and Praia da Luz: Transfers, Taxis and Every Other Way
Pre-booked transfers, the apps, the taxi rank, hire cars, the train and the bus: honest costs, and which one we would actually pick for your group.
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Lagos and Praia da Luz in October and November: The Locals' Favourite Months
Real temperatures, what's open, golf season, walking weather, and why the locals call this the good part of the year.
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Things to Do in Praia da Luz and Lagos: A Local's List
Beaches, boats, cliff walks, old-town Lagos, day trips and family days out: what's genuinely worth your time, from people who live here.
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The 12 Best Beaches in the Western Algarve
From the family-friendly sands of Praia da Luz to the wild surf of the west coast, an honest local's guide to twelve beaches worth your beach bag.
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Where to Drink in Praia da Luz
The bars we actually drink in, from village locals in Luz to rooftops in Lagos, plus how the locals sort out dinner.
