Field Notes

The Coastline Road Trip

From Lisbon to the Algarve the long way round: fishing villages, surf beaches and cliffs that drop into the Atlantic.

Waves breaking under sandstone cliffs on a misty morning

From Lisbon to the Algarve the long way round: fishing villages, surf beaches and cliffs that drop straight into the Atlantic. Five days, four hundred kilometres and not one motorway.

Our stops

  1. Ericeira — surf and grilled sardines
  2. Comporta — rice fields and empty beaches
  3. Vila Nova de Milfontes — a river mouth made for swimming
  4. Odeceixe — where Alentejo becomes Algarve
  5. Sagres — the edge of the map

Rent the smallest car you can. Some of these village streets were designed for donkeys.

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