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GUIDE BOOKS OF PORTUGAL
Landscapes of Algarve Brian and Eileen Anderson
Text provided by Sunflower Books
'Is this the same Algarve', you may ask, 'as the Algarve of high-rise hotels, fine beaches and a coastline so famous that there is no need to look further?' Such is the beauty of the coastline, that few visitors look for more – but the Andersons did. They say, 'we found a countryside full of interest and beauty, quietly awaiting discovery. From flowers and fountains, hilltops and history, to windmills and water-mills, we can set your feet wandering to find them all. There are car tours, too, to get you out and about, searching out little-known points of interest-like the huge rose compass (rosa dos ventos) on the barren promontory of Sagres, where Prince Henry the Navigator founded his school of navigation, or the Moorish castle and old Roman bridge at Paderne. But don't think for one moment that we have turned our backs on and ignored the beautiful and rugged western coastline. Wherever it is still unspoilt and free from development, we have incorporated it into a walk.'
"They are beautiful books, finest guides I have read." (M.M., Gravesend)"We have just returned from a week's holiday in the Algarve on which we used your book to do a number of walks. I am now writing to congratulate you on and thank you for the quality of both the walks and the descriptions of them. We also used your Samos book and were similarly impressed. It is very clear that you thoroughly research your books. Many of the delightful minor paths, which you have incorporated into walks, you will not have discovered without some effort." (E.J.M., Kingsbridge)
Area covered: from the western coast east as far as the Spanish border and north to include the area around MonchiqueThe best months for walking are March to May or September and October, but regular visitors enjoy walks throughout the winter as well
4 car tours - 68 long and short walks - 20 picnic suggestions - Plan of Faro
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