Tag: 🥾Hiking
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Day 29: More of Sintra
We went for the best-rated brunch we could find in the town of Sintra. We should have seen the result coming. As we established yesterday, Sintra is a day trip town for most people. The food scene is optimized to serve lunch near the sights. Breakfast is probably quite underserved. 📍Salus Brunch Garden is representative…
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Day 25: Rocha da Pena
Rocha da Pena is a protected natural landscape and prominent table mountain located in the Algarve, near the town of Salir. Rising to bout 479 meters above sea level, it is one of the tallest mountains in the region. It features a plateau roughly two kilometres long. At the top, there are two stone walls,…
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Day 24: Barrier Island
We picked Olhão over Faro for two reasons. The food scene seemed more vibrant, and it’s right across the bay from sandbar islands that we wanted to explore. Last night put us at ease concerning the food. Today we got to see how right we were about the islands. We started our day at the…
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Day 23: On the Way to Olhão
It’s a travel day. We’re taking the road toward Spain but stopping 50 kilometres before meeting the border in Olhão. We’re leaving from a costal town and going to another coastal town. If we were in a movie, we would be driving in a convertible along the coast with majestic vistas on both sides and…
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Day 20: Walking Along the Cliffs
We already know that four full days in Lagos will be too much. The original plan had us spend the extra time recuperating from the four days of hiking. We’ve rested in Sagres already and are unwilling to change our plans further than we already have, resulting in our current predicament of having to spread…
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Day 16: Rota Vicentina – Vila Nova de Milfontes to Almograve
Our hotel offered cake for breakfast (apparently it’s a Portuguese thing): they had a whole spread and made eggs and bacon on order. It was a little (and welcome!) jarring from yesterday’s hostel experience. It’s like they read our log and decided to do the exact opposite. Needless to say, we were very pleased. Like…
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Day 15: Rota Vicentina – Porto Covo to Vila Nova de Milfontes
It’s our first day on the fishermen’s trail. We started it surprisingly refreshed from a night’s sleep that did not include any form of AC. I would not describe our room as cool, and having to part the drapes to let the air in from the patio door wasn’t the best for privacy. Add to…
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Day 8: Hiking a Vineyard
With eight passengers in a 90s vintage jeep, we tackled the final leg to the Canada do Inferno site—a ravine shaped by heat and time. Our guide noted the linguistic twist: ‘canada’ means ‘ravine’ in Portuguese. The short walk on well-groomed trails led us to the site, where the adventure felt even more intense.
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Day 29: First Cyprian Gorge
It’s our last day before the trek back. We’re keeping things extremely simple. Breakfast at the same spot as we did the previous days (📍Cera) and have the same winning combo of coffee and pizza. Simple, easy and relaxing. We then got in the car and drove the half hour to the 📍Avakas Gorge. Well……
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Day 28: Hiking in the Akama National Forest
Our day started similarly to yesterday with breakfast at 📍Cera. Other than me following Karine’s example and going for a pizza too, it was pretty much an encore representation of our previous breakfast. We drove for one hour to the 📍Aphrodite and Adonis Trail Loop. Both trails are in the Akama National Park and are…
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