Tuesday was the Seven Hanging Valleys trail. This is the “must see” trail along the cliffs and above the caves and around sinkholes to the sea. Eight point nine kilometers along some of the most spectacular shoreline we’ve walked. The flowers and plants were as spectacular as the views. This was exhausting enough that doubling back on foot wasn’t going to happen. We shared a cab with another couple back to Praia da Marinha, lucky, and good company.
Gassed up on the way back to Portimão at €1.91 per liter, which was cheap compared to in the city, but when you calculate in US terms, that’s about $8.50 a gallon.
Late lunch at the Algarvian Brewery, recommended by Claude AI, which we’ve been using to help with travel plans. Kathy had the hazy IPA, I had the American; fish and shrimp tacos for both of us. All very good, and we were missing the craft breweries that are so pervasive in the US. After we got home Kathy napped while I boiled eggs in preparation for the predawn start the next morning. Salad at home for dinner.
We kept a separate album for the wildflowers along the trail — there was enough to fill one.
View the full album in Google Photos →
View the Seven Hanging Valleys flora album in Google Photos →
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