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Algarve – the land of almonds, piri-piri, beautiful cliffs and strong winds. Last land recovered during Reconquista. Part 2: Places – Barlovento: from Albufeira to Cape St. Vincent

Today we are inviting you to read the next episode of our subjective guide to Algarve. This time we are going to continue our virtual journey starting in Albufeira all the way to Cape St. Vincent. This way we will have the chance to show you our favorite places. Hopefully this article will answer some questions that I am often asked when guiding trips (I’m a tourist guide – my specialties are Portugal and Spanish Andalusia) and dispel some of your doubts.

Algarve – the land of almonds, piri-piri, beautiful cliffs and strong winds. Last land recovered during Reconquista. Part 2: Places – Sotavento: from the border with Spain to Albufeira.

Today it is the second article about Algarve that we have prepared for you – in our opinion it’s one of the most beautiful coastlines of all of Europe. Last time, we gave you some general information about this part of Portugal and today we will make a „virtual” tour along half of the coast, from the Spanish border to Albufeira. This way we will have the chance to show our favorite places. Hopefully this article will answer some questions that I am often asked when guiding trips (I’m a tourist guide – my specialties are Portugal and Spanish Andalusia) and dispel some of your doubts.

Algarve – the land of almonds, piri-piri, beautiful cliffs and strong winds. Last land recovered during Reconquista. Part 1: general information about the region.

Today’s entry will start a series about Algarve – Portugal’s most-visited touristic area. Initially, it was supposed to be one article but it would have had over a dozen pages and we decided to divide it into smaller parts. The Algarve is a strip of land located in the south of Portugal. It has about 170 km from east to west: from the natural border with Spain, the Guadiana River, to Cape St. Vincent (the most southwestern Cape of continental Europe). From south to north it has only 40 km which gives us the area of 5.5 thousand square kilometers. There are only 450,000 inhabitants, however, the airport in Faro receives about 8 million tourists every year.

Fight for electrical independence. How we forced the sun to cool our beer.

Today we will tell you about the electrical installation that we have in our van and which was created from scratch by us, without the help of any specialists. We went back to the high school times: drawing circuits, relays, controllers, amps, watts and we created something special. Today we want to tell you about it in this article, but remember that we are not professionals in the field of electricity. We are just writing with hope that maybe someone will learn from our mistakes. This entry was actually created “on request”. Recently a lot of people have been asking us about the electricity in our house on wheels, so.. here we go!

The most important elementary things about Portugal that you need to know to avoid being treated as a complete gringo from the very beginning. And a word about the complexity of languages.

Do you know why Mitsubishi Pajero has a different name in Spain and you won’t see Hyundai Kona in Portugal on the streets? Can you order a coffee in Portugal as if you were born in Porto yourself? Why does each guy called Rui blushes when introducing himself to a Pole? Are you facing any danger on the curves on the Iberian Peninsula?

Cork – the (natural) national treasure of Portugal

Portugal is a beautiful country but sadly, from being a world wide empire it ended up as a forgotten piece of land at the end of Europe. We have been really lucky to explore Portugal and its treasures and, what might be a surprise for some, Portugal has a whole bunch of treasures – some of them are hidden but what’s more important most of t are natural. Today we are happy to share some detailed information about cork – one of the most important goods exported by Portugal to many different places all around the globe.

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