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Every guide we've written about the Algarve.

Five deep, opinionated guides to the region's coasts, beaches and tables — each one cross-linked to the others so you can follow the coast the way a local would, not the way a brochure suggests.

CENTRAL COAST

Lagos

The Algarve's most photogenic town wears its history lightly. Here's how to read Lagos beyond the marina — the beaches, the boats, and the back streets worth getting lost in.

9 min readRead guide

A rugged windswept headland meeting the Atlantic, low scrub and bare rock in the foreground.

WEST COAST

Sagres

The Costa Vicentina is the Algarve stripped of its sunbeds — raw cliffs, surf, and the end-of-the-world headland where Henry the Navigator plotted the edges of the map.

8 min readRead guide

Shallow tidal lagoon and salt pans stretching to a low horizon at golden hour.

EAST COAST

Tavira

East of Faro the coast unclenches. The Ria Formosa's barrier islands hide the region's calmest beaches, and Tavira itself is the prettiest town nobody fights over.

7 min readRead guide

Striped umbrellas dotting a wide golden beach beneath sculpted cliffs.

BEACHES

Algarve coast

Sculpted cliff coves, surf-pounded Atlantic sand, calm island shallows for kids. There is no single best Algarve beach — there's the right one for your day. Here are ours.

10 min readRead guide

A copper cataplana pan open to reveal shellfish, tomato and coriander broth.

FOOD & DRINK

Algarve

Cataplana, grilled sardines, clams à bulhão pato, salt-cured everything. A field guide to the region's tables, markets, and the dishes worth crossing a town for.