We get asked a lot on this channel about how much does it cost to rent an
apartment in the wintertime in The Algarve and as many of you know we only ever go to The Algarve
in the wintertime to escape the Canadian cold and snow so what do you have Tina
- So we have been doing a lot of research just on how much it does
cost per month and we are going to show you and take you to 6 of our favourite
places in The Algarve - And not only our favourite but the most affordable places in The Algarve too
So Tina we've come back to one of our favourite places it's just absolutely beautiful here this
was one of the very first resort towns on The Algarve it's another 4 kilometre beach so
- Like way down there - This is what the sea front looks like we're only halfway down it as well
(yeah) it's lots of apartments lining it shops cafes so we've walked all the
way down here Tina looking all the way back there but pretty flat and
look at all these apartments here - They're just amazing isn't it hey, that there's so many places
to stay here we are right at the end - Nowhere else to go - Oh no you have to turn round and go back
- In the background you can start to see Vilamoura as well so Quarteira and Vilamoura are very much
twin towns and of course there's one thing Tina that is just valuable as gold these days
can you guess - Free wi-fi
Another beautiful day in The Algarve - Yes it is
- One of the nice things Tina is when you come to the western side of Armacao de Pera
you can find this little piece of land here next to The Holiday Inn and it's free parking so anyway
this is starting off from the parking spot next door to The Holiday Inn and we're gonna walk
one of the beautiful churches that we pass it's
just gorgeous isn't it a restaurant right down the ocean - Isn't it beautiful they've got all
A Fort (yeah) and there's also a convent attached to it and then there's the cutest little church
one of the things that we do like about being here is it isn't hilly did you notice that -There's a
huge difference as a place it's very flat - There's another 4 kilometres of beach that you can walk on
with the apartments hotels shops on top of the cliffs
magnificent and you know what there's hardly any people on the beach - No I guess
technically it's still wintertime so there's a whole lookout point here where you can come
and see the town in the background come along and look at the ocean
- Sardines and potatoes and salad for €8.90 - That sounds pretty inexpensive how long
is happy hour - This is one of those extended happy hours Norm it goes from
9am in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon
- We're in Portimao - Yes we are - And this is where we were last time we came down here and we thought
this is all that was around for Praia da Rocha or for Portimao and it's a nice little area
but this is a river that we can see in front of us
and it's not the ocean it's the river that goes up to Silves
Okay Tina so where are we today - We're in Alvor
Cheers, cheers - Here's to us in Alvor
just the advertising - It's amazing - Huge isn't it - I can't believe how many Irish bars there
are here this is the third one since we've just had lunch - The oldest church in Alvor
so this predates the other one The Church Bar - Another Irish Bar - Beautiful the colours the architecture
here we are at the church in Alvor it's nice to be back here again Tina
this is the resort area of Alvor so you're out of town just a little while
you can walk into town from here couldn't you Tina - Yeah because there's this huge boardwalk
- Just outside of Lagos in The Algarve (yeah)
I got my beer cheers just look at the beautiful glass Norm - I know it's beautiful - Now it's kind of funny
isn't it but the deal will be €1 for yours and probably €4 for my glass of wine
- So Tina I think we found some apartments away from the seafront these these look modern - Yeah these look
very pretty well there seems to be two one on this side - Some for holidays and there's some for buying
(yeah) so what do you think should we buy one and stay here - Oh I don't know
- So this is the centre Olhos de Agua - We're noticing aren't we Norm all the cars are coming down here turning
around at the bottom coming back up because there's no parking we learned that last time
- There saying this restaurant is from the 1960s (wow) this is one of the beautiful
things about the beaches of The Algarve and Olhos de Agua in particular is just the
rock formations that have been eroded away - Yeah and they're just right there
on the beach - It's just beautiful seeing the cliffs in the background the sea
the sand - It's perfect isn't it - So this gives an idea of the little town just from the beach