Algarve Culture & Nature Day Trip with Local Lunch

Highlights

• Pass Castelo de Paderne and drive through orange, avocado and almond groves on the way into the Algarve hills.
• Visit a Buddhist stupa, a peaceful monument surrounded by mountain air.
• Taste local jams and aguardente, followed by a full lunch at Quinta do Freixo.
• See a traditional medronho distillery at Monte Ruivo.
• Swim at the natural pools of Alte and see the Vigário waterfall.
• Travel in a Land Rover Defender with a professional driver guide, in a tour kept to small groups of up to 5.

Itinerary

The day begins with pickup at your Albufeira accommodation before the Land Rover sets off toward the Algarve hills. Early on, the route passes Castelo de Paderne and runs through orange, avocado and almond groves and past streams. A stop follows at the Buddhist stupa, a quiet monument set in the mountain air. From there the trip continues to Quinta do Freixo, where a jam and aguardente tasting leads into a full lunch. Monte Ruivo comes next, home to a traditional medronho distillery. The afternoon turns toward water, with a swim at the natural pools of Alte and a visit to the Vigário waterfall closing out the 7 hour day before the return drop off in Albufeira.