Inspired by a travel report by Werner (Link), the dream of a coastal hike in the Algarve has been on my mind for a long time: The core of this idea is the fact that the airport Faro It's just a few hundred meters as the crow flies from the sea, and you can step off the plane and start hiking right away! The conditions for a spontaneous long-distance coastal hike in the Algarve are ideal for two reasons: Little planning is required: Accommodation is plentiful in the Algarve...
On the small Azores island of Santa Maria, an approximately 80-kilometer-long circumnavigation has recently been launched. What's special about this five-day hike: overnight stays in lovingly renovated former shepherds' huts, with meals and luggage transport available upon request. Since there are few overnight accommodations on the island, which has a population of approximately 5, a continuous circumnavigation was not possible before the stone huts were renovated. Thanks to the private initiative of Ioannis and Rita, who purchased and renovated the huts...
The Rota Vicentina—and especially the Fishermen's Trail—has been recommended to us by many other hikers and is now at the top of our personal hiking holiday wish list! The long-distance hiking trail "Rota Vicentia" in southwest Portugal actually consists of two different, parallel hiking routes: The Fishermen's Trail ("Trilho dos Pescadores") begins at Porto Covo and runs directly along the Atlantic coast. The Historic Trail ("Caminho Histórico"), on the other hand, begins in Santiago do Cacém and runs mostly inland. In the final third, the...
