Armacao de Pera Part 1 January 21 2022 to Feb 18, 2022

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See map to make it easier to understand the progression of the pictures.

Today is Sunday February 27 and I have been in my next place for 9 days. This was originally written mid February, but I did not label the pictures until today.

This is the link to see all of the posts-more convenient than the single blog link the blog service sends in the automatic emails. copy and paste https://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Mukkins/

After Arriving with my new Visa January 21, 2022 to my long standing 30 day reservation at an AirBNB here in Armacao de Pera (pronounced Arm-a-sow de Pear-a) I started looking for a long term apartment to stay in Albufiera, but it is quieter and much smaller at 35,000 in the summer, more quiet and is favored by Portuguese families and tourists. It is about 25 minutes West of Albufeira which has more English, US and Europeans and higher rental prices swelling to 300,000 people during the summer.

The Albufeira bus station is far reaching and gets me anywhere I want to go-West and north to Lisbon, Porto etc or East to Tavira along the border with Spain. My first visit in Spain will be to Sevilla, then Cadiz South, (both close to Portugal), Valencia, Barcelona or Madrid and beyond to France. I will reserve Gibraltar (Spain/UK) for if and when I decide to go to Morocco in Northern Africa.

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Photos

Beach cliff walkway west
Beach cliff walkway looking west toward the cliffs at the edge of town. There is a cave and arches there I will show in later photos. the building on the right un known to me at the time of this picture is the corner cobblestone walkway to my new place. Take a right.

Walkway East from Center
From last picture I turned around and took this picture looking east. The Walkway East from here leads to the Forteleza "fort" built in 1667 and to "old town" ; pics of the forteleza walls and the chapel inside later.

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On the beach- before the sand gets washed away by the African winds in the next 4-5 weeks.

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Arch on the beach common -on the way to the Holiday Inn West side of beach

Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn on the right huge white building with pool and multiple restaurants above the beach.

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Public Walkway on the way west to Holiday inn

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After a park, Holiday in building begins on left-I know so what noone cares!

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I turned around and took a pic of the park from the edge of the Holiday Inn I know so what noone cares!

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My stairway to the beach 60 M from AirBnb

Old Town begins
Old Town begins from the Forteleza 60 meters from my AirBnb. Looking downhill ( the cliffs end) the old town is mostly at beach level and goes for maybe 300 meters and has various narrow streets off the right all the way to the beach area

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Old town walkway going up hill

Fort History
read please-chapel is in the middle of the fort

Fort Entrance
Arch is the entrance-chapel inside on right- this is now a nice look out at the beach and Old town beach on the left downhill

Downhill Oldtown Beach
From the arch and sign at the fort you walk 15 feet around the corner to go downhill to the beach-cliffs disappear

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Looking back at the fort from the road walkway downhill

Pedros Restaurant-Bar
On the beach in old town-no cliffs here-just outdoor music and sand

Cliffs west
Beach walk to Western Cliffs 2-12

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West cliffs to the left of the arch and the caves

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arch-you can walk around and through the formation

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arch again

Me under arch
Me under arch

Large Cave
Large Cave entrance. I walked in and could have gone quite a way but my iPhone light was not bright enough for me to see;
I chickened out fearing a bat bites and COVID like deathly illness!

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Walking back East to civilization

Comments

[Chris McKinney]

exciting adventure
Mike, This is a wonderful blog. Thanks for doing this. Your descriptions are easy to follow. Fun to read. It's easy to see why you love this part of the world. Armacao de Pera is charming. The tile walkways are beautiful. The caves make a great hike and adventure too! You look like you are having fun! Well done! Chris