18/01/2012 Albufeira, Portugal

We caught the city sightseeing tour bus from the stop just near our hotel and did a loop of the Old and New towns of Albufeira before hopping off in the Old town again and wandering through the little streets. The tour bus was a bit average but at least we got to see some of the towns and sat out in the sun up the top which was nice. We ate lunch at the same place looking out over the beach in the sunshine which was great, had another ice cream and headed back to our hotel beach with some bottles of vino and snacks to watch the sunset. It was another amazing red orange sky – really beautiful! After that we wandered back along the beach for more calamari and drinks then back to the hotel.

Waiting for the 'hop on hop off sight seeing bus'

Cruising to Albufeira

Cruising to Albufeira

Cruising to Albufeira

Cruising to Albufeira

One of the many random roundabout art works on the way to Albufeira

Another random roundabout art works on the way to Albufeira

And another one... apparently these frequently change colour...

And another

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Tom, Thea and I over looking the beach in Albufeira

And again

One of our favourite beaches in Albufeira

Wandering around Albufeira old town

Wandering around Albufeira old town

Amazing lunch spot view

Any vino would have tasted good in that glass right there no matter how cheap and nasty...

Beautiful view from our lunch table

Tom soaking it up while waiting for his lunch

Looking down the beach from our lunch table

Wandering around Albufeira old town

Thea, Tom, me and Laura enjoying some ice cream before wandering the beach

Walking the beach in Albufeira

Albufeira

The bus ride back to the hotel

This was an amazing resort just down the road from us...

Laura and I on the bus

Walking back along the beach near our hotel for sunset

Walking back along the beach near our hotel for sunset

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

We took a few beverages to knock back while enjoying the show...

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Tom getting into our VERY AVERAGE vino

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Tom, me and Thea watching the sunset with our snacks and drinks in hand...

And again

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Tom and the horrible booze

Sunset on the beach near our hotel

Sunset on the beach near our hotel


Thanks to Laura for sharing her pics with me for the blog!