TOURS AND TRAILS | WESTERN
tour of fóia From the top in Monchique, the view of the southwest is magnificent: two seas in the eager gaze at twilight; the brightness of whitewash at our feet, far and near, where we know Lagos and Portimão would be. We shall also go round old fishermen’s houses, nowadays second homes often full of occasional holidaymakers, beaches with cliffs, steep rocks and seagulls that love the foam and sands which mould around their feet in the late afternoon. On the preserved battlements of the towering Silves castle, we will imagine wars fought with arrows, catapults and boiling oil, and discern the same red blood spilled by Moors and Christians alike in the last of the conquests, seven centuries ago. On the roads in the Serra, we will be travelling around the least Mediterranean of the Algarve’s landscapes. It is said that it bears a strong resemblance to Sintra and Monserrate, and also the Black Forest, the Picos de Europa and the leafy landscapes of Madeira. Between the alder trees and the smell of the pine trees, the freshness of the wind and surrounding moisture, this forest paradise sings: a different experience for the skin and eyes. Also for the soul, in the area surrounding Fóia, among the rugged rocks, you can discern other tourist paradises over dozens of kilometres in the southwest of Portugal.
Fóia (PR)
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