One week itinerary in the Algarve: Lagos as a base or 2 bases

I am driving down from Lisbon on Thursday Sep 24 and driving back the morning of Thursday Oct 1 to catch my flight back home.

I am debating between 2 options:

  1. Spending the whole week in 1 town as a base (possibly Lagos?) and doing day trips with the car to explore different beaches/towns (Portimao, Carvoeiro, Albufeira, Falesia, etc)

  2. Splitting the week at 2 hotels (1 in Lagos and 1 further east like Albufeira?) I would spend the time in Lagos exploring locally and then from Albufeira exploring different towns.

I am not averse to packing up and switching hotels midweek as I am used to this when traveling in Europe.

How would you spend your week in the Algarve? Does Lagos make sense as a base? TIA!

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u/mbenti — 1 day ago

One week itinerary in the Algarve: Lagos as a base or 2 bases

I am driving down from Lisbon on Thursday Sep 24 and driving back the morning of Thursday Oct 1 to catch my flight back home.

I am debating between 2 options:

  1. Spending the whole week in 1 town as a base (possibly Lagos?) and doing day trips with the car to explore different beaches/towns (Portimao, Carvoeiro, Albufeira, Falesia, etc)

  2. Splitting the week at 2 hotels (1 in Lagos and 1 further east like Albufeira?) I would spend the time in Lagos exploring locally and then from Albufeira exploring different towns.

I am not averse to packing up and switching hotels midweek as I am used to this when traveling in Europe.

How would you spend your week in the Algarve? Does Lagos make sense as a base? TIA!

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u/mbenti — 1 day ago

1 week in Algarve

I am driving down from Lisbon on Thursday Sep 24 and driving back the morning of Thursday Oct 1 to catch my flight back home.

I am debating between 2 options:

  1. Spending the whole week in 1 town as a base (possibly Lagos?) and doing day trips with the car to explore different beaches/towns (Portimao, Carvoeiro, Albufeira, Falesia, etc)

  2. Splitting the week at 2 hotels (1 in Lagos and 1 further east like Albufeira?) I would spend the time in Lagos exploring locally and then from Albufeira exploring different towns.

I am not averse to packing up and switching hotels midweek as I am used to this when traveling in Europe.

How would you spend your week in the Algarve? Does Lagos make sense as a base? TIA!

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u/mbenti — 1 day ago

1 week in Algarve options

I am driving down from Lisbon on Thursday Sep 24 and driving back the morning of Thursday Oct 1 to catch my flight back home.

I am debating between 2 options:

  1. Spending the whole week in 1 town as a base (possibly Lagos?) and doing day trips with the car to explore different beaches/towns (Portimao, Carvoeiro, Albufeira, Falesia, etc)

  2. Splitting the week at 2 hotels (1 in Lagos and 1 further east like Albufeira?) I would spend the time in Lagos exploring locally and then from Albufeira exploring different towns.

I am not averse to packing up and switching hotels midweek as I am used to this when traveling in Europe.

How would you spend your week in the Algarve? Does Lagos make sense as a base? TIA!

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u/mbenti — 1 day ago