Algarve Accommodation
Read our guide to self catering Algarve holiday villas, rental apartments, farmhouses and bed and breakfast accommodation
The immensely popular Algarve region of Southern Portugal experiences some of the highest amounts of sunshine in all of Europe and can offer both rural escapes and holidays brimming with vibrant nightlife and warm beaches. If you are looking for Algarve accommodation in Portugal you will be spoilt for choice. There are a whole host of resorts and towns offering great bars, restaurants and beachfronts, while smaller towns, such as Loule and Algos, are idyllic locations for an authentic cottage, farmhouse or holiday villa in Algarve.
The region is well known for its wide range of golf courses, with most resorts and cities in close proximity to a club. Probably its most famous, the Old course, near Vilamoura, lives up to the high standards of the top European courses. As it is such a famed golfing location, there is an ambudance of self catering villa and apartment accommodation. In the Algarve holiday rentals can even be found on golf courses, ideal if you would like to be near the clubhouse.
Many of the area's seafood cuisine can be discovered in the restaurants of resorts like Vilamoura, a superb location if you are looking to combine nights on the town with days on the beach. Vilamoura is one of the most well respected tourist complexes, due to its clean beaches and wealth of holiday accommodation in Algarve. It is well worth considering if you are looking for Algarve holiday apartments.
There is also a great mix of architecture, due to the amount of settlers that have passed through over the years, with some great examples of Roman, Moorish and Portuguese buildings. Many Algarve holiday farmhouses have kept their traditional charm and can be the perfect spot for taking a break form the bustle of the towns' markets and bars. Algarve bed and breakfasts are most popular in cities like Albufeira and Faro. But whatever your needs may be, you can rest assured there will be a great choice of Algarve holiday villas and rental apartments to suit you.
