Sandhills

12/10/2025

Few trails capture the imagination quite like the Fishermen’s Trail. This long-distance walk is considered one of the most beautiful coastal walks, also known as Rota Vicentina.

20/07/2023

Looking for a last minute holiday on the beautiful west coast of Portugal?
3 bed villa with pool available Tues 25 July to Tues 1st August due to last minute cancellation
PM for more info

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20/07/2023

Looking for a last minute holiday on the beautiful west coast of Portugal?
3 bed villa with pool available 25 July to 1st August due to last minute cancellation

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Sandhills: 3 bedroom villa with private pool in North West Algarve. 2km from Monte Clerigo 21169/AL

16/04/2023

3 bed villa near Monte Clerigo, Aljezur

Summer 2023 availability at Sandhills - sleeps 6

Thurs 22nd June - Thurs 13th July (7 day minimum, arrive any day)
Wed 26th July - Mon 31st July (5 nights only)
Tues 22nd Aug- Sat 2nd Sept (10 nights)
Sat 9th - Tues 26th September (7 day minimum, arrive any day)
Prices from £150-£225/night
Message for more info 😊

18/02/2023

Really cheap prices from Exeter to Faro this summer 😊😊

Wondering what to do in 2023? Here's some news to use...

RYANAIR ANNOUNCES NEW ROUTES TO AND FROM PORTO AND FARO 2023

Ryanair announced this Wednesday the opening next summer of 18 new routes in Portugal, Porto and Faro. In a statement, the airline released seven new routes to Faro and 11 to Porto.

The company said it will add two aircraft in Porto and Faro “from the summer of 2023”, representing an additional investment of 400 million euros in Portugal and the creation of 120 new local jobs.

"This growth in Porto and Faro is a direct result of the intervention of the ANAC (National Civil Aviation Authority) that forced ANA (Portugal Airports) to reduce airport taxes in Porto and Faro next year".

The Irish airline regretted that the regulator "was not able to persuade ANA to lower fees at other airports" and, therefore, "there will be no additional growth in Lisbon, Madeira and the Azores" in 2023.

From Porto, new routes emerge to Bristol, Leeds (England), Castellon (Spain), Maastricht (Netherlands), Nimes, Strasbourg (France), Shannon (Ireland), Stockholm (Sweden), Trapani, Turin (Italy) and Wroclaw (Poland).

From Faro, Ryanair will also fly to Aarhus (Denmark), Belfast (Northern Ireland), Exeter (England), Frankfurt Hahn (Germany), Rome Fiumicino (Italy), Toulouse (France) and Barcelona (Spain).

11/10/2022

Amazing sunrise SUP 😊☀️

21/05/2021

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RIP CURRENTS AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN ONE

Every year people get into difficulties whilst swimming and this can be a result of getting caught in a rip current potentially leading to drowning. Currently ahead of the Bathing seasons lifeguards are not stationed on most beaches so you need to know how to recognise rip currents and if you get caught in one, what act to take.

WHAT IS IT?
A rip current is a narrow, fast-moving channel of water that starts near the beach and extends offshore through the line of breaking waves.

RECOGNISING A RIP CURRENT
Spotting a rip current can be difficult, and really needs some practice. But when you go to the beach, start off by staying back from the water. Rip currents are easier to see at an elevated position, like a dune line or beach access, and then look for places where waves aren’t breaking, so flat spots in the line of breaking waves. And then also where there’s maybe foam or sediment in the water being transported away from the beach offshore.

Rip currents can occur anywhere you have breaking waves, like large sandy beaches on the open ocean. But they can also occur where you have hard structures, like jetties, or piers, or even rocks jutting out into the ocean.

ACTION TO TAKE
If you do get caught in a rip current, the best thing you can do is stay calm. It’s not going to pull you underwater, it’s just going to pull you away from shore. Call and wave for help. You want to float, and you don’t want to swim back to shore against the rip current because it will just tire you out. You want to swim out of the rip, parallel to shore, along the beach and then follow breaking waves back to shore at an angle.

The west coast tends to be more hazardous due to the powerful Atlantic Ocean. Surfers and wind-surfers like this coast for its conditions and near-perfect waves, but obviously the wilder water presents a greater risk. Extra caution should be used if you plan on swimming or participating in water sports on the west coast. It is important to monitor weather warnings in these areas

PLEASE SHARE THIS PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGE

28/02/2021

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/photography/2020/12/photo-story-discover-portugals-vicentine-coast?image=ngt_web_portugal_lagos_pont_da_piedade_098a2818_hr&fbclid=IwAR356bJXhJKsdBF3g1Rdpc0zM65OfW5Bj-_tOBqZqxyiKtVwxTQjM1NTKUU

Cape St Vincent, Europe's most southwesterly point, witnessed the beginning of Portugal's 15th century Age of Discovery. Since then it's drifted back to a peaceful pace, where dramatic cliffs and sun-baked scrub form a backdrop to life on land and at sea.

16/05/2020

Important information for beach usage from June. Stay safe all 😊

🌞⛱🏖Beach Rules FROM 6TH JUNE: 🏖⛱🌞

For Portuguese version: https://covid19estamoson.gov.pt/plano-desconfinamento-medidas-gerais/desconfinamento-praias/?fbclid=IwAR3w34a6DpcxfKJqxqspn1cIL5tWeb8C944Mz_1bW3KJ_xz4N7sEumgfcpc

30/05/2019

The South West Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park is the finest preserved stretch of European coastline, covering over 100 km, from Porto Covo in the