The Fishermen’s Trail, Southwest Portugal - Day 6 - Aljezur to Arrifana

Описание: The Fishermen’s Trail, Southwest Portugal - Day 6 - Aljezur to Arrifana

This could have been a shorter re-positioning day, but we extended it to see more beaches, which we were looking forward to making a walk of 11 miles. We had booked breakfast at our Hotel (Vincentina), at 7.30am, and we were not disappointed. It was all beautifully set out for us, with a great choice, of breads, croissants, eggs, juice, coffee etc. The hotel is next door to the Inter March shop which opens at 8.30am, there is a laundrette in the basement car park-if only we had known!!! Leaving at 8.45am, we went back over the bridge passing large information boards about the walk, turned right, then left through the town. On reaching the church we turned left down a road, before passing a well, Fonte das Mentiras which has Islamic origins dating back to the C10th (9.05am). Continuing uphill passing new houses, we had great views inland and over to the coast with some salt pans. Turning right along a main road for about two miles (Monte do Carrical 9.50am), right again along small roads, then a sandy track, we arrived at the unfortunately closed Cafe Taberna do Gabriel with stunning views of Amoreira beach at 11.05am.

Heading south once more, we stopped for lunch at O Ze, before having more breath-taking views from the promontory at Ponta da Atalaia. Spot the fishermen perched high on the edge of the cliffs, an amazing way of fishing-and looked pretty dangerous too. We arrived at some marvellous ruins dating from 1150, which we took our time to explore. Turning left, we headed inland along a dusty track-which seemed hard-going in the afternoon heat. Eventually we were on a road that led to our destination of hotel Vale da Telha, at 3.15pm happy to arrive, and again chilled out in the large-but slightly cool pool.

We went to a local shop to buy lunch for the following day, before going to the nearby Font do Vale restaurant for dinner, which had a great choice of food and football shown too. This was another great day, tough walking in the sand and heat!! We need to leave early-but difficult to do when such superb buffet breakfasts are supplied!!.

Distance 11.4 Miles (18km)

Duration of Walk 6.4 Hours

Average Pace 35 Min/Mile

Steps 37343

Elevation Gained 1120 feet (340m)

Websites used

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaur... Lunch

booking.com Hotel Vale de Telha