Road Trip to Algarve

114 photos in Faro, Setúbal, Lisbon, and Beja, Portugal added

While in Portugal, we rented a mini to road trip down to Algarve for a few days. The southern coast was very busy with tourists, but we did our best to escape them. The car, drive, food, and sites were incredible.

  • Mini convertible: Acquired. Monster energy drink: being slammed.
  • Excited for this drive
  • The Águas Livres Aqueduct
  • The Portuguese Golden Gate Bridge and Jesus tower
  • Kung Fu Jesus
  • Had to pull off to resolve some mapping issues... but we're back on track.
  • To the coast!
  • This car is very fun
  • Looking out over Arrábida
  • Tiny boats in the bay
  • Portugal has some beautiful coastlines
  • Explorin this coast
  • This paragliding launch pad is so sketchy
  • Thinking about running down this launch pad
  • Looking North
  • Beautiful coastlines
  • Lookin at it
  • Going to check out these big ol guns
  • Big ol gun
  • Some big ol naval guns
  • This thing is so gnarly
  • Going to check out this creepy old fort
  • This place is wild
  • Walking around the old fort
  • Probably not gonna go up those stairs
  • Walking around the old fort
  • Being alone here is so creepy
  • Kari did not love this stop
  • Mini. Fort.
  • This snide dude was cool
  • Nope
  • Alright, let's get out of here
  • Looking for some lunch in this big ol market in Setúbal
  • Some big ol salted codfish
  • A big ol grouper
  • Fish you don't see at the markets around my house... Stuffed squid, sole, salmon, seabream, mackeral, etc
  • Black scabbardfish is wild looking!
  • Ordering some sandwiches from this fancy meat man
  • Prosciutto sandos!
  • She loves having her photo taken with a mouth full
  • We tried to check out a castle in this little town, but it seemed to be closed and all the construction workers were staring at me like I was definitely in the wrong place, so I just snapped this pic of the valley and left.
  • On to Algarve
  • Winding through the mountains
  • Checked in in Carvoeiro. The view from our hotel room is fine.
  • Boats cruise by the resort
  • Chilling before dinner
  • This little cove outside our hotel was very cool
  • Hotel chilling
  • Carvoeiro beach
  • Get a load of this guy
  • The first bottle of wine that Kari and I have split in probably a decade or so. Excited.
  • Just got a whole mess of Prawn Risotto
  • This risotto was incredible
  • A big ol bowl of big ol prawn heads
  • Waitress asked if I wanted a spoon for the Risotto sauce... I said no and jokingly said, "maybe some bread!" She delivered.
  • Eggs are better in Europe. So are beans.
  • A boat cruises into the cove
  • A boat circles the cove in by our hotel
  • Hey
  • Kickin off a beach day with kbroox
  • Can't get enough of these cliff-lined coastlines
  • This car is so fun
  • Top down cruise to the beach
  • Praia da Marinha
  • The wild rock formations of Praia da Marinha
  • Big ol rock sticking outta Praia da Marinha
  • Boulders, cliffs, and caves of praia da Marinha
  • Kari was not about this beach. Those are all giant seaweed cakes behind her.
  • Walking over the seaweed to find another beach
  • Eatin grapes and plums from local vendors.
  • Praia da Luz
  • Hanging at Luz Beach
  • Some cool, multi-colored flowers in Carvoiero
  • Even house numbers embrace the Portugal tiles
  • Found an Indian restaurant near our hotel and Indian sounded good.
  • I could not get over the size of this umbrella
  • Portugal had lots of cool trees, but these were my favorite
  • Goin to find another beach
  • Hanging at Praia do Rocha
  • Supta baddha konasana beach boy