In the Algarve there are hotels, apartments and guesthouses in abundance and in almost every price range. I tried the following hotels on my hike in early April 2019. Since I was traveling in the off-season, I allowed myself the luxury of mainly staying in 4 and 5 star hotels. Price orientation: In the low season, 5-star hotels including breakfast can be booked for around € 80 per night.
The airport Faro is so close to the sea that you can walk from the terminal to the beach in about 40 minutes! The "Luxury Beach Guest House" therefore almost falls into the category of an airport hotel, but is more of a very pleasant, family-run boutique hotel with a few rooms and a direct beach location (Link: Luxury Beach Guest House). From the roof terrace, you have a wonderful view of the kilometer-long beach - the "Praia de Faro" consists...
At the western end of the 6 km long sandy Praia da Falésia beach, famous for its red sandstone cliffs, lies a golf course and several luxury hotels. During the beach holiday off-season (approximately November to April), and thus the peak hiking season, overnight stays there are often very affordable or include breakfast and dinner. I was there in early April and chose the Falésia Hotel, a newly renovated 4-star hotel located in a park-like setting a few hundred meters from the beach...
Praia dos Salgados Beach is located roughly halfway between Albufeira and Armação de Pêra and is rather uncharacteristically flat for the Algarve: the relatively secluded sandy beach is characterized by dunes and the nearby Salgados Lagoon. Wooden walkways lead to birdwatching stations and hotels and apartments, which are a few hundred meters from the coast. Those traveling in the off-season (November to April) can benefit from very reasonable overnight rates. Therefore, on my hike, I...
The former fishing village of Carvoeiro has been one of the Algarve's tourist centers for many years. Strict building regulations, however, keep architectural inconsistencies within limits, so that almost everywhere you'll find hotels and apartment buildings with a maximum of two stories. One of these two-story complexes is the Pestana Palm Gardens – an apartment complex on a rocky plateau directly on the coastal hiking trail (link: Pestana Palm Gardens). The country-style furnishings of the apartments make them look a bit older than they actually are, in my opinion:...
The Portuguese town of Alvor is located approximately 1 km from the beach on the lagoon of the Ria de Alvor. Although tourism is one of the main sources of income here, Alvor has largely managed to preserve its original character as a fishing village. The larger hotels are therefore located outside the town center, preferably in the south—close to the beach. Among these beach hotels, the Pestana Alvor South Beach is the newest and arguably the one with the most interesting concept: The hotel brings...
