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Aljezur's municipal market offers super fresh fruit, vegetable, fish, etc. It is a great place to get the best ingredients for your own cooking

The Mercado Municipal de Aljezur opens Mon-Sat, 8-14 h

Aljezur has one of the largest supermarkets in the region. The Intermarché offers everything you would expect, incl. a bakery and a pharmacy.

Online order, pick-up and delivery are also available

Our favorite bakery in Aljezur is A Padaria, located just downtown

Unlike many supermarkets these days, A Padaria is baking all breads and cakes & cookies themselves and offer a nice variety of products 

The major landmark of Aljezur is its historic 900 year old castle, which you can see from every direction and which is beautifully illuminated at night - which is a marvelous view for a sun-downer from Vale de Agua which looks right across the Aljezur valley at this beautiful architectural structure

80km and 75,000 hectars of laregly untouched coastal nature along the Atlantic Ocean between Burgau in the south and Sao Torpes in the north make the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina one of Europe's most spectacular coastal nature reserves with ca. 50 plant species only found in Portugal and many otherwise rare animals like foxes, wildcats, and otters, intercepted only by the marvelous beaches

The Aljezur "hinterland" around Monchique (30 km) & Marmelete (15km) is also called the "Garden of the Algarve" with its beautiful and diverse vegetation full of trees and rivers covering the smooth hillsides. Also amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean across the entire Algarve coast 

Azenha do Mar is a tiny but pretty and picturesque fishing village only 20 km away from Aljezur. It also has a very popular seafood place. Don't expect a fancy place - it is low-key but high quality, especially for fish and seafood. Try to make a reservation, although this is not always possible and during high season the wait can be more than 2 hours

Overlooking Europe's most south-west corner and its impressive rock & ocean scenery, Sagres and its fortress is a destination worth a trip, ideally in combination with visiting the surrounding eye catchers, like Cabo da Sao Vicente, Fortaleza do Beliche, Castelejo, as well as the beaches of Cordoama, Cabanas Velhas, and Martinhal

Lagos offers a mix of a historic city, breathtaking rock formations, beaches, art, food and nightlife. The population of 30,000 makes Lagos 5x the size of Aljezur

While we much prefer the Western Algarve over the Southern Algarve mainly due to its lower level of tourism and more original landscape and nature, the Southern Algarve is also a very attractive destination, although relatively crowded compared to the scarcely occupied Western Algarve. While not our recommendation for a longer stay, a day-trip may be worth considering on a day where you fancy a change

In case your interest in Portugal as a whole has been teased the below 2 hour video (in 4k) of Portugal's amazing nature  is recommendable...