Algarve & Southern Portugal

This guide to the Algarve and southern Portugal features a selected guide to accommodation and places to eat to suit every budget - featuring traditional seafood specialities like Bacalhau a Bras and Caldeirada, as well as a potpourri of world cuisines to suit every taste.

Carefully mapped out walks and tours guide you through locations: there is a Praia da Marinha walk, a Sao Bras to Estoi tour and a Prehistoric Alentejo tour, amongst others.

Special feature pages that highlight the flavour of the region, that look at fishing, expats and foreigners, cafe life, Azulejos, music and culture and the tourist boom.

Maps complement the text, covering the Algarve, the Alentejo, Estremoz, Faro, Evora, Ferragudo, Portimao, and Beja.

A weblinks CD gives an introduction to the region, pictures and music and directs readers toward Web references relevant to the destination.