The Mora Oceanarium is an aquarium dedicated to the freshwater aquatic environment with different spaces. Next to the aquarium, there is also an ecological park with a fluvial beach.
Places to best hiking
Tips to find the best places to hike
The Waterfalls Pedestrian Route is a circular route that starts and ends at Foia in Monchique, the highest point in the Algarve and passes close to several waterfalls.
The sector 5 of Via Algarviana, has 1280M of accumulated altitude and is considered very difficult. It starts in the beautiful village of Cachopo and ends in Barranco do Velho.
The Pena National Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the main monuments in the town of Sintra, where the Sintra mountains crown and shine with its colors.
Faro, capital of the Algarve, has the Ria Formosa as its companion and together they offer some trekking routes that allow to discover the fauna and flora of the salt lagoon and also the adjacent areas.
The Vigario waterfall in the Algarve next to Alte village is a refreshing paradise in the warm Algarve inland.
The pedestrian route of the seven suspended valleys is one of the most beautiful in the Algarve that go through the coastal cliffs between the Marinha and Vale de Centeanes beach, in the municipality of Lagoa, in Algarve, Portugal.
The Moorish castle located at the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains, close to the Pena National Palace is well preserved and allows all visitors to travel back in time.
The beach of Alvor, near Portimão, has one of the largest pedestrian walkways in the Algarve linking the estuary of the Alvor river to the sea in an idyllic landscape.
Garrão and Ancão beaches are beaches located in the most touristic areas of the municipality of Loulé, near Faro international airport. Both interconnected by a new wooden walkway that allows you to walk through its dunes while respecting the surrounding nature.
The course, sector 6 of Algarviana Route, it's 269M accumulated altitude and is considered easy. It's start on Barranco do Velho and end in beautiful village of Salir.
The Marim Environmental Education Center, in Olhão has a 2 miles walking and environmental education course at Quinta do Marim. It is a path located inside a pine forest and next to the Ria Formosa in the heart of the Ria Formosa Natural Park.
The Costa Vicentina is an area far from the Algarve busy, even in summer time. In Costa Vicentina is still possible to find deserted beaches, some are a paradise for surfers and walking trails along the sea for hours only with the immensity of the landscape.
Circular hiking route through the protected landscape between Querença and Tôr with 2.5 miles. Privileged place to observe the riverside habitat and rural landscapes.
The Ruta del Cares follows a gorge and is one of the most beautiful and famous trails that can be traversed in the Picos de Europa.
Walk through the Algarve inland, departing in the center of Parises to São Brás de Alportel. The itinerary is a connection to the Algarviana Route between Cachopo and Barranco do Velho.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, the small hermitage of rare beauty, placed on top of a rock and that is part of the scenarios of the Game of Thrones, located near Bilbao, in the Basque Country.
Falésia beach, one of the most popular in Vilamoura, Albufeira and also in the whole of the Algarve, has a continuous 6 km long stretch of sand under the high cliffs in brown and whitish tones.
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