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5 Day Trips from Faro                                            62                 63                                          TEXT: Roxana Mihăilescu
                                                                                                                                        PHOTO: Roxana Mihăilescu






        4.     Lagos







        Going towards the western           How to get there: once again,
        Algarve you will find Lagos, with  I would recommend taking the
        its popular Ponta da Piedade        train from Faro, which takes

        viewpoint of the grottos, caves     around 1,5 hours. However, if
        and cliffs. The vegetation there    you want to go further to Sagres
        is amazing and, of course, you      and visit Cabo de Sao Vicente,
        cannot miss the beaches: Praia      the most western point of Euro-
        do Camilo and Praia da Dona         pe, you might consider renting a

        Ana, which, to me, looked like      car and driving there.
        some beautiful deserted exotic
        destinations.                       What to do: hop off the train,

                                            cross the bridge and get an uber
                                            to Ponta da Piedade. From there
                                            enjoy an amazing day on the
                                            cliffs and fill your memory card
                                            with astonishing pictures.















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