Portugal

[Red Badger]

I just got back from a long weekend break in Villamoura, I was going to write a report about the pubs and bars etc around there but I was busy in the pubs and bars and got distracted. It doesn't really need a report it's an awesome little area with everything you need. Situated around a marina of expensive boats, there are numerous lively bars, 3 or 4 Irish bars and bars showing the latest sports. There are chinese restuarants, Indian Restuarants, a Mexican and plenty of other restuarants. At the lower end there are a couple of Kebab shops. Meals are about the price of UK (although I live down south so maybe 20% higher than somewhere like Chirk) I would say on average theres lot of choice between £12-£15. Lots of these places do a special board from 5-7pm for about £6. I didn't notice the price of Beer as we were drinking rounds but plenty of the places were serving big measures for 5 or 6 measures. For the cider drinkers there was magners everywhere and Guiness in the irish bars. If you are going you will have a great time.

[saltney red]

Thanks for that pal, Im off there on Saturday.

[Bustas Nads]

Didn't go to cats bar!!


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[welshian]

No portuguese food, maybe a Nandos!!

[RemovedUser]

Originally Posted by welshian

No portuguese food, maybe a Nandos!!

As a regular visitor to the Algarve I offer my personal review and tips, for those of you interested:
Nandos chicken piri-piri is a very poor impersonator of the genuine article available in many good Portuguese restaurants, particularly in the small town of Guia, near Albufeira, or in the hills around Monchique. For those with bigger budgets or wanting a corden bleu experience, there excellent higher end restaurants around Almancil, about 2Ks inland from the resort.
Obviously there are plenty of good fish restaurants around, but generally the further away from the Vilamoura resort you go, the better, more authentic and less expensive the food will be. Even some of the smaller cafes and Pastelarias serve excellent food.
I'm not wishing to denegrate Vilamoura in any way, as it is, as has been pointed out, a very nice compact resort with lots of choice and nightlife, but the restaurants tend to be very similar in their offerings.
Superboc is the draught beer of the masses, similar to Carling here, but if you can find a bar serving draft Crystal, Tagus or Sagres, I would go for that as I find it less gassy and "chemically" than Superboc.
If you are a wine drinker, ask if they serve wine by the "Jarro". This is basically house draft wine and will be cheaper and as good as the bottles on the wine list.

[Drury-red]

There's a casino in Vilamoura too!

[deeside_dragon]

Have Wrexham confirmed the match yet ?

[wrexile]

Originally Posted by Redrobinman

As a regular visitor to the Algarve I offer my personal review and tips, for those of you interested:
Nandos chicken piri-piri is a very poor impersonator of the genuine article available in many good Portuguese restaurants, particularly in the small town of Guia, near Albufeira......

....... aaaah Ramirez! 😊🐔 Wonderful place!

[saltney red]

Just back, if your thinking of goin you should have a great time, the best places are around the marina, beers range from 3.50-5.00 euros and loads of places to eat, funny thing is there must be 5 or 6 Irish bars with O'Neils being the best. oh and its roasting there at the minute.