Loulé Market

Experience the traditional Portuguese market town of Loule on this day trip from various locations on the Algarve coast. Explore the largest covered market in southern Portugal to find everything from local handcrafted items to seasonal produce.  Board a spacious, comfortable, and airconditioned bus at your accommodations in select areas along the Algarve coast and relax on the scenic ride to the town of Loule. Feel like a local as you shop for Portuguese crafts and delicacies at the Loule Market.  Have plenty of time to visit the traditional fresh produce market, a hive of activity since 1908, and the well-known Roma market on the outskirts of the town. Enjoy free time to see the Castle and its archaeological museum. Spend some free time going for a pleasant stroll through the streets of the city full of shops and attractive esplanade. Return to your hotel by bus at the end of your day trip. 

Immerse yourself in traditional Algarvian villages on this day trip from Vilamoura. Try local flavors as you taste regional brandy at a distillery in the village of Barranco do Velho. Be picked up from the meeting point in Vilamoura. Sit back and enjoy the scenic drive to the ancient city of Loulé. Stop and walk through a colorful local market where you can find a diverse selection of regional products. Drive to the hilltop village of Querença. Take some photos of the picturesque white buildings in this town. Visit the Nossa Sra. Da Assunção church which and admire its Portuguese gilded work and 17th-century paintings and tiling.  Continue to the village of Salir to stop at the archaeological museum which has a glass floor above the 12th-century foundations of an old castle. Drive to the village of Barranco do Velho to taste Arbutus Brandy at a local distillery.  Have a delicious lunch in the well-preserved traditional village of Alte which is composed of whitewashed houses and a charming canal. Return to your starting point at the end of your tour. 

The Barrocal is a natural sub-region of the Algarve, situated between the mountains and the sea, and which crosses the Algarve longitudinally. It is a landscape of carob, almond, fig, olive and orange trees. The journey starts at Loulé, meet a rich and diverse heritage. Between streets and alleys of the historic center, we find traces left by the Arabs and Romans, in the houses with pitched roofs, in the churches and convents, colorful plat bands, and the beautiful lacy chimneys of the Algarve. Visit the impressive walls of the 13th century castle (optional), the Islamic public baths ruins, unique in Portugal and the beautiful chapel of Our Lady of the Conception built in the 17th century. From the art of beating copper and brass learn how the famous Algarve cataplanas are made. Get to know the impressive manual art of palm leaf weaving. Free time to explore Loulé municipal market. São Brás de Alportel is a town with centuries-old traditions and historical achievements. In the 19th century, São Brás de Alportel was a big cork center. Discover the interesting world of cork, a 100% natural raw material, where Portugal is the world's largest exporter of cork! Visit a house-museum dating from the late 19th century, which represents the way of life of a rural bourgeois family. Typical lunch in São Brás de Alportel. Operates on Tuesday and Friday. Minimum to operate: 6 adults Included in the program: - Visit to the house-museum of São Brás de Alportel, entrance fee. - Visit to the cork factory entrance fee. - Typical lunch in São Brás de Alportel. We find this tour is not suitable for pregnant women and children < 3 years old.