Tag - #castleonthehill

05/07/18 – 06/07/18 Aljezur, Alentejo Aljezur is one of those places that can be easily overlooked when planning an itinerary……read most published travel write-ups and they tend to cover the place in a couple of paragraphs. Like many places along Portugal’s West Coast in the Alentejo region, Aljezur has so far escaped the onset of big tourism and remains a place frequented by surfers and those wanting to get off the tourist trail of the Algarve less than an hours drive to the South. Our stay here was only brief but none-the-less memorable for it. Upon arrival we made a bee-line for Praia da Amoreira, approximately 7 kilometers from the town (the last 5 km along a Moho-shaking dirt track enough to give us both a headache by the time we arrived.) That said, being greeted by a wide stretch of sand with only a single restaurant and a lifeguard/surf shack on the beach the headaches soon shifted as we took it in turns to sunbathe whilst the other stayed with Marley...