I arrived late in the evening to Lagos, a destination that I chose last minute from the advice of another traveler since everything was closed up for the season in Tarifa, the very southern tip of Spain. Lagos is a beach town in the heart of the Algarve, that has a great mix of rock cliffs, called "grottos" because of their rock formations and beaches
right on the Atlantic Ocean. Lagos has a strange attraction to it and a lot of other people feel the same way about it. Many people come here as a vacation destination and never leave. The laid back atmosphere, great year round weather and affordable economy make it a nice place to set up shop for a few days or maybe a few years. Lagos is very much a party place in the summer months. I spend about 4 days here and became very relaxed while walking around the narrow, mostly pedestrian filled streets and cliff side paths along the Atlantic. About forty minutes away by bus is Sagres, the most southwesterly point in Europe. I was told it was once thought to be the end of the Earth a few centuries back. I spent a day in Sagres,
a well known surfer's destination, but luck would have it that the ocean was like glass that day. There was plenty of fishing going on though, it was real interesting to see people fishing right off the cliffs, probably about 300 feet above the ocean. The fish were biting pretty good, definitely quantity over quality though, as the fish were pretty small.
From Lagos, I boarded a bus for a five hour sunday drive north to Lisbon, Portugal. Unfortunately I left the sunshine and jacketless weather behind.
The top left pic is of a street in Lagos. The upper right pic is a shot from a cliff side path of a beach in a cove. The middle right pic is the sun setting on Sagres Point, the most southwesterly point in Europe. The bottom right pic is a shot of some of the "grottos" in Lagos from a distance.
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