How Much Is Winter In The Algarve Portugal - We Show You
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2021
- Spend the cold winters in The Algarve Portugal it's cheaper than you might think. Escape the snow of Canada or Northern USA and enjoy spring like climate in the south of Portugal on the famous Algarve. Winters can be very pleasant for Norther Europeans and British retired people to spend months away from cold and damp weather.
The Algarve has plenty of choice from bustling cities like Albufeira, Faro and Lagos to laid back small villages and towns Alvor, Tavira, Quarteira and Ferragudo. Winter is especially nice because there are no crowds, no rowdy football fans just mainly retired North Americans and Europeans. How Much Is Winter In The Algarve Portugal we show you we have broken down the costs of staying a month in The Algarve, from the cost of rental apartments, car rental, restaurants and groceries. We give examples of flights from Toronto to Faro direct on Air Transat and TAP Air Portugal via Lisbon.
If you are curious about the Cost For One Month Winter In The Algarve we have the answers.
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I love your considered respectful honest presentations. As a Canadian, I find your British/Canadian presentations very directed to what I want to know, with light humour, and honesty.
Thanks so much glad you enjoy our videos 🍻🙂
Great video and useful info. Thanks!!😊
I enjoy listening to your chats. Sometimes, it feels like I am visiting friendly neighbors. Thank you. Keep it going.
Thanks so much, we really set out to achieve what you say, so thank you for your nice comment.
Just subscribed! I absolutely love, love Portugal!!! Thank you! 💙
Awesome! Thank you! we love Portugal 🇵🇹 and can’t wait to be back there hopefully next Winter Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦🌺
Thank you both... very informative...much appreciated. ... ...
Our pleasure! have a great week Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Much appreciated.
You are very welcome glad you enjoyed it Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Always love your videos, always useful but this one even more so! The detail helps with our planning! Thanks so much
You are so welcome! glad you enjoyed it Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🌺
Another excellent video. Thanks for all this information
Our pleasure! glad you enjoyed it have a great week Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺
Great info. Thank you so much😍😃🏖💝
You are very welcome Monica have a great week Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Great video. Really enjoyed the information you provided.
Glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Year Paul hope it’s a good one Cheers 🥳🥂🐅🍺
Very informative. Thank you so much.
Thanks for watching!
I hope we all get to Portugal next year!! thank you
We do too thanks for watching have a great week 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Thank you Tina and Norm for sharing the thoughts on spending winter there
Any time! it’s great to get sunshine and blue skies away from the snow ⛄️ hopefully next year Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Hey Teen and Norm, thanks so much for this wonderful information. We might just use this once retired. Maybe we will see you there. Cheers!!!
Our pleasure! Portugal 🇵🇹 is a lovely place to visit hope you get to visit in your retirement Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Hi! This was wonderful! Thank you so much for an excellent video! So much information was given ! You seem like just terrific people!
You are so welcome! glad you enjoyed it have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Obrigada Tina and Norm… always love the Portugal videos ❤️🇵🇹
Great to hear from you Jen, hopefully we will all be back 🇵🇹 there soon 🥂💐💕
Your info is accurate!! Well done! Enjoyed your video!!
Glad you liked it! we do enjoy visiting the Algarve , hope you have a great day Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Thank you both for your valuable insight into traveling! Just found your channel and Portugal is a country I’d like to visit!
Thank you Joy for finding us! We really hope you will travel to Portugal it is so beautiful, the food is great and the people friendly. Have a nice day.
Excellent video. Very informative. Subscribed and liked.
Awesome, thank you! welcome to our channel Cheers 🍷😎🌺
This was very informative. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Great info! Thanks.
Our pleasure! Catherine hope you have a great day Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Just found your channel. It's nice to see someone in my "age group" doing these videos. Great content. Also from the GTA. Cheers!
Awesome, thank you! welcome to our channel glad you are enjoying our videos , we hope telling our stories may help others think of new ideas, have a great week Cheers 🍷🇨🇦🍺
You two are the BEST!! We want to retire to Windsor and are always talking about where we’d want to stay during winter!
Thank you Darcell we do like going to the Algarve over the Winter months hope you get to experience it too Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Thanks! Tina and Norm you’re such an inspiration. We’re traveling to Algarve this May to check it out.
Thanks so much, we hope you have a wonderful time.
Thank you so much for your very informative video. I am definitely thinking of going to Portugal in 2023. I thoroughly enjoy your videos every week!!
Thanks so much Tania, we hope you do go to Portugal and have a wonderful time.
Great video. Like you I am fed up with snow, and will be looking at the Algarve next winter!
Yes Dave winters are long, hope you enjoy The Algarve 🇵🇹
Hi Tina and Norm-great video and content-New piano playing fan from the UK- great sharing ❤️🎹
Thanks so much! 😊welcome to our channel Cheers 🍷🇬🇧🇨🇦😎
New subscriber. I enjoying your videos thank you.
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Wow! That was quick!! Thank you so much for your shout out and for all the detailed info. It's exactly what I was hoping for. Obrigado amigos.
Hi Martin, You made a great suggestion so we thought no time like the present, we are gauging that viewers like you are starting to think about travel, so perfect timing. Thanks again for your suggestion, it has certainly sparked a great discussion. 🇵🇹
I love Portugal! I just came back from a two-week tour of Portugal (including Faro and Albufeira) and can't wait to go back. Thank you for sharing this information! It is very useful! I love your video!
Thank you, that is very kind of you to say that
Excellent ! Thank you.
Our pleasure! we are hoping to be back there this winter 🥶 Cheers 🍷🌺🙂
*Thanks for this good information, friend.We love Portugal. Greetings.*
Thanks for visiting
Hi So good to see you and see the Algarve. I so miss it and haven't really got a clue when we'll be back there. It has been so stormy here with bad floods that I could just jump on a plane and wake up to blue skies sand and sea. Have a great day. Keep cosy 💖🏴🛫🛬⛱
Good morning Carol ☕️sorry to hear your weather has sucked ! we hear you those blue skies and beaches so tempting, our clocks ⏰ went back last night so enjoying an extra hour today and yes we in reality we have no idea when we will be back safely in Portugal 🇵🇹 in the meantime enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷 🏴 🍺🇨🇦🌺🤗
Great information, would love more of these sorts of cost of living video's in other areas if you guys are moving around. Thanks from Steve in Australia
Thanks for the suggestion Steve Happy New Year Cheers 🇦🇺🥂🥳🎆🇨🇦
Thank you so much for This! I am very interested in going to the Algarve this winter.
You are welcome, have a great trip.
HI there . I do enjoy your videos very much and I am glad to hear that you are enjoying living in Canada ( I am Canadian by the way ) . I have been to the Algarve back in the mid 90's , loved it so much and would like to spend a month or two there to escape our winter for a while . Just wanted to say thank you for all the great info . Cheers
Thanks so much Darrell glad you enjoyed it, The Algarve is a lovely place to go and escape Winter Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Wow. Most enjoyable, once again. My wife and I love Portugal. We have something else booked for Eastern Europe and Italy next year but the way you present, we feel like flying to the Algave right now.
And I thought that I was the only one taking before and after pictures of the rental car. Cheers.
Roger
It would be great to be in Portugal now! Yes the rental car, we photograph everything it’s good insurance and we have had to use that in the past in Canada and it went in our favour. Have a great weekend.
thats most interesting guys and of course saving on big heating bills in Canadian winter
*always full view👍Au👍a big like for you*
It does take some of the stress away from having to live in very cold and snowy weather. Thanks for watching Billy 😀😀💕🇦🇺🇨🇦
We are planning in one year begin our Portugese living. You videos are great!
That sounds great glad you are enjoying our videos have a great week Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
I bet you guys are soulmates, The way you finish each other’ sentences is adorable 🥰
We met as teenagers and are best friends, thanks for watching.
Thanks for your tips - we’re always excited to see your new videos!!
That is very kind of you, it’s comments like yours that encourages us to make these videos, thank you!
Thanks for the info. In our situation, we would stay longer (Feb / March) and thus extend the vacation "value" by amortizing the airfare over the two months. Also forgo the car rental and hire a car when needed.
Sounds like a good plan, we stay two months
Hi, currently in Algarve vacationing for 2 and half months, Canadian, gas is now $3.00 per liter here. Food and drink less expensive than home and much better weather. Thanks for the videos Norm and Tina, very helpful. Major renos taking place on the Albufeira shopping center with a large crane in place
Glad you are having a nice time Steve in Portugal 🇵🇹 yes gas ⛽️ has gone up here too , we probably won’t reconize the shopping centre Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
so helpful thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Love your videos, especially this one! Can you share your experiences and the cost breakdowns for other trips you have gone on in the past, since you have both traveled so much. My husband and I would like to travel, but fear the unknown, and this has helped us with planning our trip to Portugal. Thank you 😊
Thanks Wendy for the suggestion we will take a look at it, hope you enjoy Portugal 🇵🇹
Thanks for the information! When I travel here USA I do the same taking pictures of the car, miles, inside and outside the car ! Enjoy your adventure!Bon voyage !
We too think it’s a great idea to do this have a wonderful week Nina Cheers 🍷🚗🇺🇸🇨🇦
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Hello, dearest Tina and Norm! It's always so nice to have a chat with you! Thanks for your interesting and useful infos!
Portugal is a wonderful destination. HUGS and love from Italy always! Renata
Hi Renata lovely to hear from you glad you enjoyed it we hope you are keeping well and that life is moving forward with less restrictions we are enjoying some nice unusually warm weather in Canada 🇨🇦 Take Care 🇮🇹 🍷🍺🇨🇦🤗
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Hello, my dearest friends! Hope so! Here the situation is always under control but the cases are increasing a little bit.
Hope for the best!
Wish you a wonderful time and a big hug from me always! Renata
You're a nice couple and Thanks for your kind words about my country! I hope you are in good health and wish you all the best!
João from Oeiras Portugal saudações cordiais e um bem-haja!
Thank you João we appreciate your comment, you do have a beautiful country 🇵🇹 We hope we can visit again soon. Stay safe and well.
Thanks for info.
No problem! Have a wonderful day Carolyn Cheers 🍷🌺🙂
We love Portugal,my wife and I have been many times. We’ve stayed in Albufeira but some years ago drove to Alvor,staying at the Dom Jao 11 hotel. and it’s our favourite resort. Silves a town in land from Alvor,20 or so minutes drive has the best piri piri, bbq chicken restaurant for miles,nothing grand or expensive but the food and wine are delicious. Looking forward to going back next year.
We have friends that stay at the same place in Alvor they love it to , next visit we will stay at a new place not Albufeira Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
You are leading my dream of being in Portugal. Just love it. I am working part time. Though I am older. The car rental is amazing. Happy retirement and very great wishes to you.
Hi there. We just subscribed and are enjoying your Portugal travelogues. We are going to an apartment hotel in Praia da Luz for 2 months at the end of January so we need lots of advice and tips to enjoy our time. Thanks for all the assistance!
Thanks for watching and welcome to our channel we did a video on Praia da Luz a year ago take a look it’s a beautiful place we hope you have a great time Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Olá benvindos, grandes férias!! bom Natal!!
Obrigado e um muito feliz Natal para si
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Hello from Toronto! good luck in Portugal
Thanks we are hoping to get there for a visit this Winter Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Awesome informative videos 🌼
Glad you think so!
Hello Tina and Norm. Both of you are made for each other. You both brighten my life when I watch your video. Thanks for the informative video on the Algarve. I didn't know about the extra hydro cost for an apartment. I am thinking of spending a couple of months in Algarve and Lisbon next year. Hopefully, there won't be any more problem with covid.
Sounds great we are hoping to be there as well Cheers Sil 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Aren’t they a beautiful couple, first thing I noticed about them!
I love the off-season in the Algarve, and this year prices seemed lower than in previous years (covid?). We just got back form a month there. We are coming from the Netherlands so our flights are much cheaper and we found a great 1 bedroom place with a pool, 5 minutes to the beach in Quarteira for €1100. We do the same thing you did with the car, the little kiosk in P4 is so much cheaper than the big-name companies at the other end of the airport. We always wind up with a small 4-door car with AC and manual transmission, but it's great for parking and fuel costs. The supermarkets are superb, many fresh ingredients, prepared meals, roasted chickens, and more at good prices. Baked goods were particularly cheap, many prices under €0.50 for ham and cheese pastries for breakfast. If you are on an extreme budget there are also nice options for lunch, for example, the Continente store has decent take-and-bake pizzas for less than €2. For that cost, you get pepperoni and a veggie, but my wife and I usually buy some mushrooms, arugula, and green peppers and add it to the pizza. Wine is spectacularly cheap so we can have a decent enough lunch with wine and fresh-baked pizza for €5 for the 2 of us! We also found many local places run set lunch specials in the €6-8 range. The malls are great, but they also have very affordable food courts, and several offer local soups and flavors. It's not spectacular eats, but a solid value and not the penalty box a foodcourt in a North American mall is!
Thanks for your great comment , sounds like you had a wonderful time we are missing being there hopefully next year we will be back , hope you have a great week 🇳🇱🍷🇨🇦🇵🇹🍺
I love your rapport!!
Thanks so much!
Very helpful
Glad you think so! have a wonderful week Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Thanks guys. Have you ever thought of staying on the beautiful island of Madeira? You would love a month there. A truly stunning place, also governed by Portugal. It has a unique climate that would suit you guys down to the ground. Check it out, I can can heartily recommend it.
We have visited Madeira for the day on our cruise 🚢 we had wine and lunch at Camara de Lobos it was lovely , yes we will check it out for a month thanks for the suggestion , have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦🤗
Unfortunately, we visited Madeira with the hopes of retiring there but one look at the road system changed our minds instantly. Too many steep hills with drop-offs immediately off the edge of the road of hundreds of feet straight down were too much for us. We even booked full-day tours from local tour companies for most of the days to let the locals drive instead of us having to drive. Beautiful island but not unfortunately for us.
Nice to see you guys went to Portugal I'm a form of Portuguese national live in the US now I haven't been there for 55 years going to be retiring soon too and I'd like to go back and see my nation of birth I have a weird thing though my father was from Portugal and my mother was from the islands of the Azores and both places are incredibly beautiful but I think I will go to the Azores first cuz when I was born I spent most of my time in Portugal not on the island but I saw a video of it recently and it really really looks beautiful and the gentleman that was reviewing the island said it's like the Hawaii of the Atlantic Ocean with the hint of Ireland which I thought it was very interesting
Sounds great we have been to Sao Miguel and Terceira both lovely places we wish you a happy retirement Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇺🇸🍺🇨🇦
This was really helpful, thank you. I have been thinking of going to the Algarve. I'm a solo female traveller and appreciate your comments on how safe you feel there and that English is widely spoken as my Portuguese is non-existent. The tip about looking for accommodations that include electricity in the rate was helpful.
Glad it was helpful! Happy New Year 🥳☕️🥂
Thanks for the info! You probably have done this already, but be sure to check the limitations of your credit card rental insurance, for maximum days to be covered. Not sure what the situation is for cards/coverage in Canada, but in the US, most cards have some limitation where max rental periods are less than 30 days, including some at 15 days or less. Also, be sure to have a card that gives primary coverage, not secondary. Happy Travels!
Thanks John, Yes we have really researched our credit card travel and car rental insurance and we have even read the policy, to better understand what we have. Thanks for making this point it's important.
Nice job mates! Il faut y aller
Thanks for watching have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Hi Tina & Norm, love your videos. Where are you two love birds going to next? Are you able to share your views on how to go about planning for a Algarve 2 week vacation.
Hello Norman, we are still unsure about our travel plans at the moment. The Algarve search on Expedia, Portugalist and Airbnb, flights can be searched on Google or TAP Air Portugal. Best of luck and have a great time.
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Thanh you so much, now we have to do our homework. Have a great day. We will definitely have more questions for you going forward.
Great video
Thanks so much glad you enjoyed it Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Love your videos and learning some great new tips. We are headed off for our first extended stay vacation in Algarve following retirement. Do you have a video on packing for an extended stay vacation in Portugal?
Good luck for your first extended stay , it might sound funny but after travelling with really big heavy bags which we found a nightmare 😱we travel light with only a carry on each , we always try for an apartment with laundry but if not go to one in a shopping mall so just wash as if you are at home and don’t take too much stuff. We take miniature shampoos, creams etc and buy larger ones when we get there also it means your luggage is always with you no chance of it getting lost or damaged. Hope this helps which part of the the Algarve are you going too ? Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
@@ThisIsOurRetirement We are going to Lagos as we loved it last time. We have always traveled with carryons only also but wondered if more required. Our apartment has full laundry so we should be good. If we ever bump into you the beer and wine is on us for the great information. We are there Dec thru Feb.
Sounds great have a wonderful time 🍷🇵🇹🍺
Hi Norm & Tina. Thanks for another great video. We travel exactly as you do (minus the car rental) and it’s amazing the wonderful vacations we’ve had across Europe without breaking the bank. We just love Portugal - the people are friendly and helpful - they are proud of their country and it shows. We all have to educate ourselves as best we can when visiting another country, but we never felt that business owners in Portugal were out to rip us off (which we have felt in other European countries). We really hope to travel there again in March 2022. Hubby is ready to book flights and accommodations right now, I’m still a bit hesitant but we may have to hold our noses and just do it. Chips fall where they may. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for watching everyone has their comfort level with travelling ✈️and we wish you well 🤗 if you go , we are hoping to be there next winter 🥶 Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🌺🍺
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Yes, so true. Perhaps our paths will cross - would be wonderful to meet you and raise a glass to retirement and world travel.
@@libbyannstew8775 That would be a great toast 🥂🌺
@@ThisIsOurRetirement It would indeed!
Hi Tina and Norm: we enjoy this and your other videos. My wife and I are in an apartment hotel in Albufeira right now after a flight from Calgary to Lisbon via Amsterdam. Things are wonderfully open here in Portugal due to a 98% double vaccination rate for eligible 12 year and up Portuguese (see the New York Times three weeks ago) with no fourth wave. There are plenty of Dutch, British and French tourists here but sadly only two other Canadians. Rental cars, however, are double normal prices.
Yes we read about the Admiral who was in charge of Portugal’s vaccine he did a great job. The problem we see is the amount of visitors from other European countries, Germany and UK are having a spike in covid cases and we believe that is where the risk will come from. Also we were vaccinated in April with second shot in June, these antibodies according to medical people have all but disappeared leaving only the memory cells to react to this virus. Booster shots look like a temporary solution so that is what we are waiting for.
It’s great you are there and having a nice time, most Canadians we know tend to go to The Algarve January to May. Thanks for watching we really appreciate your support.
Are the cars pricier due to number of tourists or is there a shortage of cars?
THANKS, CHEERS FROM BRAZIL AN EXPAT FROM TORONTO
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Thank you something for me to think about .we tended to do the same as you .Eat from supermarket with the odd lunch out we live in U.K. Have spent a lot of winters in Australia February band March
Thanks for watching, this way your money goes further and your waistline doesn't expand too much lol. We have started hearing more about spending the winter in Australia and New Zealand, something we are going to look into. Have a pleasant weekend Raymond.
Another great video both, thank you.
Our pleasure! hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🌺
Don’t forget to visit Gibraltar this time when you go there next!🇬🇮
Yes! We regret not going there already when in The Algarve
We always go to Armacao de Pera about half an hour further up the coast. My tip is watch where the locals eat and steer clear of the seafront
Great tip for the restaurants, we love Armacao de Pera , in fact we are thinking of staying there on our next visit Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
This video is from 1 year ago and you already say electricity is expensive in Portugal, wow. I do watch your videos often. It's so easy to like you both because you are so naturaly likable. Keep up the good work with this youtube venture. I am amazed that at this age you are so much more productive (youtube channel, traveling, etc.) that many younger folk I know are not. I am 40 myself. Would love to go to Portugal for more than just 2 weeks holiday. Just need to figure out how to take a fly trip with the cat ;)
We hope you can get to Portugal for a month or so and get to explore a beautiful and interesting country. Thanks for watching our videos we appreciate it. 😸
Dear Friends, I'm from Albufeira and we do miss the Canadians, you are lovely people and very knowledgeable. Till the end of 2019 there were hundreds a day arriving here, slowly we are getting some cumming back since October last year. And like you said we are a very safe country, Portugal is the 3rd safest country in the world (1st Iceland, 2nd New Zealand). See you again soon. Cheers
We miss being there too Nuno , hopefully we can be back there soon Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
I am living in France but I am portuguese. I am 60 years old and lived 23 years there. Next time you go to Portugal, please don't forget to visitt the "Fuseta" beach. If I had to choose the three most beautiful beaches ones out there, Fuseta would be one of them, may be be the first. When you go there, you must take a boat with lots of people, litle boat, it costs 1 euro. Very nice. There's one every 15 minutes. You can also take a taxi boat, it costs 7 euros each total, but I see no point in doing this. This beach is near Olhao. Olhao also deserves some inspection, there are an old lovely town and many bars from a few metres from the sea and litle boats, market, etc. There's a nice restaurant where you eat like kings for 7 euros, all included. Not for tourists... I can't say the name now, but I can check it for you if you want. Thank you for the nice video, take care. Francisco
Wow thanks for the suggestions Francisco , we will visit on our next trip hopefully this Winter 🥶, we haven’t been to Olhos either have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🇫🇷 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺🌺
This is a wonderful, informative video and exactly what I needed to see as my husband and I dream about post-COVID travel. Take care!
Glad it was helpful! Sue, we too are waiting for the travel restrictions to be lifted to get back to travel hopefully 2022 will be goodbye 👋 to Covid . Have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
We love stop-overs ... especially in Lisbon ;-)
We love Lisbon too a great base to explore Cascais and Sintra by train.
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Thanks for watching have a great weekend Cheers 🇨🇭🍷🍺🇨🇦
Sounds wonderful...and not too expensive ..but travel anywhere is so complicated and costly at the moment from the UK ...roll on 2022.
Yes Terry everything is complicated and expensive at the moment hope it starts to settle down next year have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇬🇧
It’s been a while since I’ve seen your videos, and you are both as cute as ever! I am waiting for all the ridiculous travel restrictions to end before returning to Portugal. My last trip was Oct/Nov 2019. I am so thankful I went before the insane great reset/NWO malarkey. Hopefully the Portuguese will come to their senses and choose love over fear. Happy trails! 😊❤️
We were there Jan 2020 for a month it was great , to return at the moment wearing masks 😷, taking tests everywhere, avoiding people isn’t our idea of a vacation when it all settles down we will be back Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Great information! Thanks! We (retired couple in their 60s) are planning our first Algarve trip next March. I saw your beautiful video on Ohlos de Agua. Would you recommend Ohlos for a four weeks stay preferably without a car rental?
I think it's slightly out of the way but it has bus and taxi links into Albufeira main town, or a good long walk if you prefer.
Personally, for 4 weeks, unless high season, I wouldn't choose it.
I've stayed there once in low season and was quiet and not everything open.
Glad it was helpful! It is a lovely place to visit but also very quiet and a lot of restaurants close in the Winter.Without a car 🚗 you can use the city bus and there is a hop on hop off bus to Albufeira .Also to consider if in an apartment carrying food etc, if you are in a hotel they might have a restaurant that opens but also might only serve breakfast, our last stay in the hotel Luna Solaqua Albufeira was a very quiet place but very near to everything and more places open Hope this helps Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Very nice video sir
Thank you have a wonderful day 🌺🙂
Thanks for the video. Nice job. I’ve heard that the Algarve is pretty “dead” during the off season. Any experience between the busy season and Winter?
It’s not dead just quiet
Thanks
No problem glad you enjoyed it Crystal Cheers 🍷🌺😎
Alright first of all. This video has exactly the information I’m always scouring for. Thank you for that. Second, from videos I’ve watched, the public transit system in Portugal is fantastic. So if I wanted to take a trip to Lisbon, for example, I could easily take a train vs having to drive.
And thanks for the long term rental advice too. Did your hotel room come with housekeeping? Clean sheets and towels etc?
Absolutely you can go to Lisbon on the train or the bus , the bus is quicker yes our hotel room came with housekeeping daily , we sometimes didn’t want it so they would just hand us clean towels it worked great John Portugal 🇵🇹 is a lovely place to visit Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🌺
Great content, you guys!
Much appreciated! enjoy your weekend 🍷🇵🇹🌺
Hello Tina and Norm. Hope you are enjoying wherever you are currently. I really liked this video. You have very helpful & practical advice!!! One thing I learned from this video is renting for a month at a hotel. Wouldn’t have thought if that before! I’m currently looking for my first 30ish day rental, and have mainly been looking at Airbnb, but stumbled upon their horrible cancellation policy for bookings of 28 days of longer, where you only have 48 hours to cancel. After that you lose the booking fee and the cost of the first 30 days, so if you are booking 30 days, and cancel, you lose everything. 😣
I’m wonder how and what resources you use to search for places to stay (and car rentals) for longer stays. Would love to know. Might make a good video too! Thanks again.
We have heard that the new cancellation policy is dreadful with Airbnb 😱and yes you could end up losing all the money , not sure how they can do this but they have . We look at Tripadvisor, VRBO,Expedia then will often contact the hotel direct , the one we stayed at in Albufeira The Luna Solaqua just took a deposit and the rest we paid on arrival which was great , some others have no refunds if you cancel really read the fine print !! We are safe home in Canada 🇨🇦 Have a great weekend and good luck Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦✈️
Also, face masks are required only on public transit here in Portugal and nowhere else, e.g. on the day tours we booked and in the bottom of the On/Off tour busses but not as guests in restaurants and at a fado music evening. However, the hotel and restaurant employees all wear masks and respect proper COVID safety protocols. Our outdoor and indoor pools at our Albufeira apartment hotel are open and being used by guests with reservations and a restriction of no more than ten people at a time. It’s lovely here!
We are glad you are having a nice time and enjoying your day trips it is beautiful here in Ontario today with temperatures of 14° and we are enjoying an extra hour with the clocks ⏰ changing Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Thanks, this gives me an idea to prepare for my trip in June 2022.
Glad you enjoyed it have a great trip Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
Hi from sunny Bournemouth uk. Seriously thinking about the Algarve for Winter escapes. Just joined today, and found your Vlog interesting.
What search medium do you use for hotel searches, and a link to the taxi service, would be great.
Thanks
Kevin
Hi Kevin we use Expedia, Tripadvisor,Google, then Google Earth 🌍 to see if the place exists LOL 😂also we 👀 look at reviews on trip advisor to get a feel for the place.If the place we are looking at has their own website we will contact them direct to try and get a better deal . We haven’t used taxis we rent a car Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Hi you both need to go o to Madeira Portugal is amazing place to is my Islande were I born the moment I live in Jersey uk thks for your excellent video
We have been to Madeira on two cruises 🚢 that we did and really enjoyed our visit Abel have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦😎
Been watching your videos with interest and wondered what the winter temperatures are like. Coming from Canada you must be used to low temps. How do you cope/manage? Thank you Keith
We are usually there between January and March the temps are around 15-20° which is nice warm days and cooler nights but a lot warmer than in Canada 🇨🇦 at that time LOL 😂😂thanks for watching Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Thank you for this video. What do you like the most about Portugal? 🙂
Probably the lovely blue sky and the nice beaches to walk on and the warmer weather🍷🌺🇵🇹🌞
Great info,Rolleiflex!?
Yes, it is!
I still aspire to do this at some point in the next few years.
We are sure you will , and you are a lot closer than we are hope it works out for you have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺
Just got back to uk from my 4th trip this summer to the algarve. Hire car has gotten very expensive and availability is much less. For the first time in 20 years the company I use had no cars. However Uber and bolt are very cheap and has saved us a lot of money
Great thanks for the update, normally in winter there are more cars available however with covid we can see a shortage of cars.
And the beauty of Albufeira is, that unless you really NEED a car, want to tour, or have s real problem with the hills, then no real need to hire. Public transport is reasonable and available to reach other major locations and around town. It doesn't tend to be like UK, standing and shivering in the rain awaiting a late bus. Just walk everywhere 😀.
Not surprised if prices are high. I'd think it is going to be same in restaurants, bars and hotels for some time to come.
There have been so much financial loss created by government, one can hardly blame small company owners , especially, from attempting to claw back losses and profitability.
Great content and enjoy the conversation, I checked the hotel Luna Saloqua, and it doesn’t seem has kitchen, how do you manage cook most of your meal? Thanks
They do have kitchens Cheers 🇨🇦☕️🇵🇹