Activities in The Algarve
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Sagres Natura
Bikes can be hired from Sagres Natura. The company also offers canoeing trips (€30). Offers surfing lessons too.
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Algarve Airsports Centre
Algarve Airsports Centre offers courses, lessons and trial flights.
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Blue Ocean Divers
If you want to go diving or snorkelling, contact Blue Ocean Divers, which offers a half-day ‘Snorkelling Safari’ (€30), a full-day diving experience (€90) and a three-day PADI scuba course (€250). It also offers kayak safaris (€30/45 half/full day, child under 12 years €15/22.50).
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Caves and Dolphin Watching Cruise
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Your Caves and Dolphin Watching Cruise begins at the new marina of Albufeira where you will board the boat "Insonia". Cruise along the Algarve coastline between…Not LP reviewed
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DiversCape
Recommended is the PADI-certified DiversCape. It organises dives between 12m and 30m around shipwrecks. A dive and equipment costs €40/200/320 for one/six/10 days, while the four-day PADI open-water course is €320. Beginners courses (from €60) are available.
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'Leaozinho' Pirate Ship Cruise
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Find a comfortable seating place in the mid-deck or the shade of the aft deck as you commence your cruise from the new marina of Albufeira. You have the choice …Not LP reviewed
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Southwest Charters
Southwest Charters offers powerboat or yacht charters carrying eight people for €220 to €385 per half-day, €300 to €565 per full day. Larger boats and weekly rentals are available. A skipper costs €60/100 per half-/full day.
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Boat Trips & Dolphin Safaris
Various operators have ticket stands at the marina or along the promenade opposite the marina for Boat Trips & Dolphin Safaris. Local fishermen offer jaunts to the grottoes by motorboat trawl for customers along the promenade and by the Fortaleza da Ponta da Bandeira.
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Alternativtour
Alternativtour offers many activities, including guided walks (€20), mountain-biking tours (€35), canoeing trips (€25) or combined mountain-biking and canoeing trips (€55). Minimum persons apply, however.
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Bom Dia
Bom Dia runs trips on traditional schooners, including a five-hour barbecue cruise (€49/25 adult/child), with a chance to swim; a two-hour grotto trip (€25/12.50, four daily) or family fishing (€39/29).
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Mar Ilimitado
Mar Ilimitado, a team of marine biologists, offers a variety of ‘educational’ boat trips from dolphin-spotting trips (€30) to excursions up to Cabo de São Vicente (€20).
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Tiffany’s
About 10km west of Lagos, Tiffany’s charges €30 an hour for horse riding and has other options, including a three-/five-hour trip (€80/125); the latter includes a champagne picnic.
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Centro de Linguas de Lagos
Centro de Linguas de Lagos offers classes in Portuguese. Students can choose from one of five levels, and can arrange private classes or intensive group lessons (four to eight students per class).
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Country Riding Centre
Country Riding Centre, about 4km east of Silves, left off the road to Messines (it is signposted), offers hour-long to half-day hacks at all levels, with swimming opportunities as well.
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Espadarte do Sul
Espadarte do Sul offers one- or two-hour trips to the grottoes beneath Ponta da Piedade (€10/17.50), a three-hour coastal cruise (€20) and fishing trips (€35).
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Surf Safari
Surf Safari will help you catch a wave and head to where there are suitable swells. Children under 14 must be accompanied by a family member (not necessarily an adult).
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Rent a Bike
Offers four-hour trips for around €25 per person, including mountain-bike hire, in and around Tavira and the Parque Natural da Ria Formosa. They can also arrange half-day walking tours.
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Outdoor Tours
Dutch-run Outdoor Tours offers biking (€24 to €35), kayaking (€23) and walking trips (€19) both in and around the Serra Monchique.
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Meia Praia
Meia Praia, the vast expanse of sand to the east of town has outlets offering sailboard rental and water-skiing lessons, plus several laid-back restaurants and beach bars.
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Nature Walk
The German-run Nature Walk organises one-day walking trips to nearby 773m Picota peak (€20 per person) and full-moon walks during summer.
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Centro de Linguas
You can have group and private lessons in Portuguese at Centro de Linguas. Prices are around €350 for a 30-hour intensive course.
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Kayak Adventures
Kayak Adventures has kayaking trips from Batata Beach, including snorkelling. Trips last around 2½ hours (€25).
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Free Ride Sagres Surfcamp
Free Ride Sagres Surfcamp gives lessons and offers free transport from Sagres, Praia da Luz and Lagos.
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Quinta Paraíso Alto
Quinta Paraíso Alto, 7km north of Lagos has horse riding and also includes champagne picnic.
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Paraíso dos Cavalos
One of the Algarve’s longest-established horse-riding centres is Paraíso dos Cavalos.
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