Motorhomers on Tour : Historical towns of Lagos and Silves

After a bit of rain through the night it was great to wake up to sunshine again and another unusual looking motorhome parked nearby to us. This time a German custom built off-roader, something you expect to see on the Paris to Dakar rally!! Must be planning to do some off-roading on the sand dunes!

A further 30kms west took us to Lagos. This is a far west as we have planned to travel down the Algarve before heading inland to mountain country. The old town and river front are really attractive and the beach has some more of the unique rock formation and coves similar to Alvor.

Next to the small sandy beach and guarding the harbour is the remains of the Forte Ponta de Bandeira.

A short stroll further round took us through the ancient city walls and up to the old town.

Then through the cobbled streets to the market that is built on 3 floors. A fresh fish market on the bottom, fruit and artisan products on the second and a terrace café and view point on the top.

View of the harbour and river front from the market terrace

From here we headed north to the mountains and tried to get on an aire at Caldas de Monchique, unfortunately it was full and with there not being anywhere else nearby we headed slightly east to Silves, known as the historic Moorish capital of the Algarve. We had a nice walk along the river, around the cobbled streets and a quick walk up to the castle.

They have a couple of aires in the town, but are all full, so like a lot of motorhomers we are wild camping again just on the edge of the town outside the Aire Park Do Rio Silves. We decided to eat out tonight and went to Café Inglês, next to the castle. We had a really nice meal and a great night listening to a live jazz.