Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 We had spent the night on a village motorhome park-up, at Odeceixe, which was fine. It cost 12€ including electricity and other services. The main problem we had was in getting to the site as the main N120 road was closed just outside the village and the diversion signs were to …
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Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Today, we visited the extreme south western point of Portugal, Sagres Fortress, which is also billed as "The start of Europe", but before that, we went to the more western point of Cabo de São Vicente and its Lighthouse. Effectively, these two points make up the "Lands End" of Portugal. The …
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Monday 21st April 2025 Heading further west, on our way to spending the night near Portimão, we made our way to the coast, to take a look at the famous Algarve cliffs, caves and coves near Carvoeiro. It was very difficult to find somewhere to park with a motorhome, but we did finally manage it, …
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Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April 2025 On Saturday, we chose to have a cycle ride down as far as we could go, to the south eastern-most point of Portugal, then we cycled on to Monte Gordo, a resort town with a fine beach, about 5 Km away, which also has a fishing industry. Vila …
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Friday 18th April 2025 After another wander around the town centre, meeting up with Jeeves, Michelle and Layla, then along to the lighthouse, I cycled to Castro Marim, about 5 Km away, to hopefully take some photographs of the flamingos that feed near there. Vila Real de Santo António: Around the town centre and in …
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Thursday 17th April 2025 We have headed south again today, reaching the Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. We are staying in the small town of Vila Real de Santo António, which is right in the bottom right-hand corner of the country. Spain is in sight from our pitch across the river Gaudiana. We are …
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Wednesday 16th April 2025 Heading further south, we called in at the small, medieval town of Mértola with its castle and narrow cobbled streets. There seems to be an abundance of this type of settlement down this eastern side of Portugal. Access to the town is via this high-level bridge over the Guadiana River. Located …
Tuesday 15th April 2025 Today, we have moved further south to the small settlement of São Domingos where we are staying on a paid motorhome park-up, for the princely sum of 7 € which includes electric hook up. Most of the way, we followed the N265, which was in a dreadful state of repair. Possibly …
Monday 14th April 2025 Leaving Monsaraz, we headed south down the reservoir, calling at Castello de Mourão, Luz, Estrella and the Alqueva Dam. Our route firstly took us across two long, multi-span bridges, the first of which you can see in the distance, in this image from yesterday's blog post: Castello de Mourão: As with …
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Sunday 13th April 2025 Today, we have headed east and slightly to the south, of Evora, where we spent the night, to the stunningly beautiful hill-top, medieval town of Monsaraz with its fortifications, white-walled buildings and steep, narrow cobbled streets. Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Lagoa Some swallows were having fun in the sun, and …
"See-u-Later" 