Wonderfull 3 days excursion, unifying Roquetas de Mar with the south-westernmost point of Europe, Cape San Vicente. We'll enjoy the magnificent costal views of the world known Algarve, in the savage South of Portugal, visiting the towns Faro and Lagos. On our way back we'll visit the National ParK Doñana.

The southern Beach of Portugal, where the water is warmer and cleaner, this could be the definition of Algarve. It spread from the frontier till the Cape de San Vicente. The coastal belt where most Algarveans live is fringed with sand-spit islands, lagoons, drifted dunes, spectacular headlands, cosy coves and vast open beaches. From the coast the land slopes gently up through vineyards, orchards of oranges and lemons, almonds and avocados, to ranges of rolling hills which separate it from the wide-open plains of the neighbouring Portuguese province of Alentejo. The placid Guadiana River forms the border with the Spanish province of Andalusia.

The provincial capital of the Algarve, Faro is a thriving university town. There's more to this place than just the airport, and the maze of twisting lanes and marina is well worth a visit. Best of all it's attractions is the old walled town with its quiet, cobbled streets and its 16th, 17th and 18th century buildings.

Thought by many to be the best town in the Algarve, Lagos is away from the main tourist hussle and bustle, and yet there is always something going on. Lagos is the most historically interesting coastal town in the Algarve. Its fame derives from its association with Portugal's 14th-and 15th-century Age of Discovery. It was here that Henry the Navigator had his vessels built and victualled for the voyages of exploration down the coast of West Africa which utimately led to the sea route past the Cape of Good Hope to India. The most interesting of the few old buildings left in the fortress is the starkly simple little church. The largest and most recently constructed building, an exhibition centre, is a monument to bad taste as well as historical and environmental insensitivity.

Just as everyone who comes to Sagres visits the fortress, they also make the 6 km trip along the road to the CAPE ST VINCENT lighthouse. It is one of the most famous lights in the world because of its position on the extreme south-west tip of Europe. It guards one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. All shipping between North America / northern Europe and the Mediterranean / Suez Canal passes here.

In ancient times the mouth of the Guadalquivir, Andalusia’s mightiest river, was a wide lagoon dotted with islands, one of which is said to have been the capital of the mythical kingdom of Tarshish. Gradually the area silted up, giving way to a landscape of marshes, shifting sand dunes and pine forests. In the 16th century it was the hunting ground of kings, lorded over by the powerful Duke of Medina Sidonia, and became known – in honor of the Duke’s wife - as Doña Ana. Today, protected as the Doñana National Park, it is one of the most valuable natural jewels in Europe.