Zambujeira do Mar

Monday 7th May 2018

A short bike ride from our campsite Camping Villa Park Zambujeira was another superb sandy beach on the Alentejo coast, Zambujeira do Mar.

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View of Zambujeira Beach. Historically it was one of the points on the coast where people would go for a traditional annual swim called the ‘Banho do 29’ and ended up becoming a popular seaside resort.

The one way system for cars in the town did not affect us on our cycle and we could head straight through the town towards the beach.

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Camping Villa Park Zambujeira

Monday May 7th 2018

After a fantastic week spent with Paul, Ros, and the kids it was once again time to move on. We had been recommended to visit nearby Zambujeira do Mar so we made the short 70km tow up the coast to the nearby Camping Villa Park Zambujeira. We avoided toll roads to get a more scenic route and apart from some rough patches of road the trip went well.

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Lagos Portugal, not Nigeria!

Wednesday 2nd May 2018

Lagos on the Algarve was a short drive from where we were staying so it was worthy of a visit.

As we entered the town we passed the Forte da Ponta da Bandeira on one side of the road and the Governor’s Castle (Castelo dos Governadores) on the other. (Neither of which we visited). Just after here we located an underground car park with very reasonable charges. Continue reading Lagos Portugal, not Nigeria!