Although an earthquake wiped out most of the traditional Moorish village in 1755, it has grown since then into a very nice tourist & residential village. The buildings are mainly low-rise and the charm of the old town with the narrow cobbled streets leading down to the harbour on the lagoon of the river estuary is very enjoyable.
The riverfront in Alvor has been done up over recent years and is now fully paved and lined with palm trees and several beach bars. With the view across the estuary we felt that this was the closest you would get to a similar fishing village/port in Devon or Cornwall E.G. Salcombe.
Alvor’s main beach, Praia de Alvor, is just a short walk away. It is a lovely long, dune backed, and sandy beach & was very clean. The eastern end of the sands has some large rock formations and is known as Praia de Três Irmãos.
For those who have motorhomes this is a great place to ‘wild camp’ for a day or two & we have made a note of this.
Just to explain to non motorhomers - it is quite easy to wild camp in a motorhome. You have gas, water onboard & full cooking facilities etc. Leisure batteries will provide sufficient power, usually for at least three days. (However towing a caravan is not really suited to wild camping!).
Overall a very nice experience, after which we went back to Lagos to do the ‘shopping’ before an enjoyable late afternoon drink at our van & in the slowly setting sun!
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