Partly updated 3rd March 2024. Won't be completely updated until May when any changes for summer 2024 will have become obvious.
Updated 2nd June 2023. Very few changes from last summer. These are highlighted in bold.
#Beware using these ATM's with a non Euro card. Poor rate of exchange plus they charge a commission. Use Mutibanco to avoid these charges.
Top level - ie the road. The Orada apartments are directly behind this row of shops.
West to east ie from the roundabout going towards town.
1 - empty 2 - Algar Opportunity Property Management
3 and 4 - empty 5 - Joanna Marquês physiotherapy
6 - souvenir shop, no name sign
7 - Beauty Respect ladies hairdresser
8 - 11 - Urban Sky Group estate agents
12 – Rebell hair and beauty
13 – Albu Pesca fishing gear and bait
14 - empty
15 - 17 empty 18 - Direct Homes Holiday Rentals 19 - 21 empty
22 - Alex barber shop 23 - Zen beauty and massage
24 - Inédita gift shop
25 - empty
26 - 27 Marina corner café 28 - Pharmacia Caudalie 29 - Corte-me o Pèlo - pet grooming 30 - 8th Art designer fashion 31 - Fat Cats ticket shop 32 - ATM Multibanco 33 and 34 Orada Apartments reception 35 - Garvetur Travel Agents 36 to 40 - Meu Super small supermarket open 0800 - 2000 every day Express ATM there also 41 - empty 42 - empty
43 - Lazer Communications (internet for homes) 44 - 56 empty 57 - office premises, no name sign
Taxi rank has moved to the other side of the road here, opposite the shops and the building site.
LOWER
LEVEL ie by the water
These are not numbered in the
same way as the upper level so I have gone by doorways. Again, west
to east going towards the town and sea. This is a pedestrian zone.
All
the bars and cafés now have free wifi for customers. PT wifi is
available in the whole area but you need an account. There are several Euronet ATM's down here. USE WITH CAUTION! High commission charges. Many of the cafés, bars and restaurants below are not open during winter. There is the public washing machine place, with 2 washers and a drier, under a shelter.
1 and 2 - Small SPAR supermarket 0800 - 2000 every day has Euronet ATM #. OPPOSITE Spar is the West End Terrace Burgers, Pizza and drinks.
3 - NIKAIA Restaurant 4 - Luxury Fitness Boutique and gym 5 - Sharky's Bar
6 - Elite Lashes Eyelash extensions 7 - Fat Cats (bar) at the Marina 8, 9 and 10 - No Solo Italian Restaurant Entrance to marina car park and karting area - karting website http://www.algarvekarting.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarvekarting.com
11 - "The Cake Shop"
12 and 13 - SAAD 'Concept Bar' Shisha, Cocktails, Food
14 - 15 - Wine and Sushi - Japanese eatery 16 to 20 - Algarve Ten Pin Bowling http://www.algarvebowling.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarvebowling.com/ 'Strikers Bar' and Euronet ATM . Opposite here are some rides etc for younger children 21 - Pica da Brasa takeaway 22 - Agua y Sal Mexican Grill 23 to 25– 'Jack's Irish Pub' 26 and 27 - Tasca Portuguesa restaurant
28 - Tango decor and souvenirs OPPOSITE Tango is the Belize Café
between 28 and 29 is a Euronet ATM 29 - Algar Experience Boat trips shop 30 - El Barrio Tapas and Cocktails 31 - empty 32 - Ristorante San Martinho33 34 - Seacre Tours boat trips and kayak rental 35 36 - Easydivers Dive Centre diving shop and Easydream boat trips 37 and 38 - Paragrafo bar 39 - empty then another entrance to parking, karting etc, also toilets. 38 - Gate 4 café/bar and Dreamwave Algarve Boat tours 39 - Algarve Boat Charters.
40 to 43- Pippa's Fun Bike, scooter and Segway rental, Pipa's park children's play area (not free!) Pippa's bowling (2 short lanes) and across the open space are all the stands of the various marine excursion companies.
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On the corner is the boarding point for many of the boat trips.
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Other Supermarkets
near the marina area
Nearest
– Intermarché, open 0830 – 2000 every day except 25th
December and 1st January.
A
few minutes uphill walk. Other, larger, stores are 2 - 3km distant in
town. Map at http://www.algarvebus.info/images/roundabouts.jpg" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarvebus.info/images/roundabouts.jpg –
the marina area is at the bottom left. TRANSPORT
TAXI
RANK – LOCATED AT THE TOP LEVEL NEAR THE MINIMARKET. IF NO TAXIS
THERE, CALL (+351) 289 583 230 UBER AND BOLT OPERATE AROUND ALBUFEIRA
BUS
SERVICE FROM MARINA INTO OLD TOWN, CÂMARA (Town Hall) and main Bus Station LOCAL GIRO BUS SERVICE TO AND FROM OLD TOWN ETC Contactless payments are not accepted.
ROUTE 3 TO OLD TOWN (AVENIDA DA LIBERDADE), CÂMARA (Town Hall) and MAIN BUS STATION - times in full at http://www.algarvebus.info/albufeira_giro_3.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarvebus.info/albufeira_giro_3.htm
About every 30 minutes every day from 0736 to 1956, may run later in summer.
ROUTE 7 to RUA CORONEL ÁGUAS (near old town) and MAIN BUS STATION. Does NOT go right down into the old town. Runs every hour on weekdays, every two hours at weekends and holidays - times at http://www.algarvebus.info/albufeira_giro_7.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarvebus.info/albufeira_giro_7.htm
Cash fare on the bus is €2,00 to anywhere in town. Therefore for three or more people a taxi or Uber is often cheaper. There is a pre paid pass available reducing the fare to €1,60 but this itself costs €3 for the card and can at present only be obtained at the bus station. There is no longer a daily ticket.
In the other direction route 8 goes to São Rafael, Galé, Salgados, Vale de Parra and Guia, once every hour on weekays, every two hours on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. Times at http://www.algarvebus.info/albufeira_giro_8.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarvebus.info/albufeira_giro_8.htm
Bus stop location Map - http://www.algarvebus.info/images/Varzea-da-Orada.JPG" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarvebus.info/images/Varzea-da-Orada.JPG
BUSES TO OTHER PLACES VAMUS Route 13 to Armação de Pêra, Porches, Lagoa and Portimão passws through the marina area and now stops there, at the same place as
the GIRO buses. Bus service is very limited with almost nothing at
weekends. Times at http://www.algarvebus.info/002w.htm" rel="nofollow - www.algarvebus.info/002w.htm To go anywhere else, you must first go to the main bus station in town.
TUK TUKS
Tuk-tuks line up at the eastern entrance to the marina, where the road swings around towards the fishing harbour, ready for gullible tourists who think they work like taxis.
BOAT
TRIPS This list may not be 100%, but here are
several companies operating boat trips etc from Albufeira marina. Many
operate only in summer eg May to October. Reservation is required for some trips and is always a good
idea as trips are often full. You can do this on line at some
companies, at one of the ticket shops dotted around town or down at
the marina itself.
There is a row of booths at the
seaward end of the marina. https://postimages.org/" rel="nofollow"> Grouped by type of activity as per
the various leaflets etc I collected. Cruise
and Sailing - I have checked the links to websites. All work as of 2nd June 2023.
http://www.algarvecharters.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarvecharters.com
- you can charter a boat for a day or half day. Yacht
Finismar. http://www.algarve-cruises.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarve-cruises.com
– Yacht Amorita http://www.dreamwavealgarve.com/" rel="nofollow - www.dreamwavealgarve.com
– Leãozinho 'Pirate Ship'. https://www.jetboatalgarve.com/index.php/en/" rel="nofollow - Jetboat Algarve - very fast ride!
https://easydreamcharters.pt/" rel="nofollow - Oceaneye
- http://oceaneyealgarve.pt/ http://www.oceaneye.pt/en/" rel="nofollow - - -
glass bottomed boat
Caves
and Coastline
http://www.algarve-cruises.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarve-cruises.com
– Yacht Amorita Boat Alzirinha - find on Facebook
http://www.seacret-tours.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.seacret-tours.com
http://www.dreamwavealgarve.com/" rel="nofollow - www.dreamwavealgarve.com
Parasailing and Jet
ski-ing
http://www.algarexperience.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarexperience.com http://www.dreamwavealgarve.com/" rel="nofollow - www.dreamwavealgarve.com
Fishing
trips
http://algarexperience.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarexperience.com http://www.algarveboatcruises.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarveboatcruises.com/
http://www.wishandfish.pt/" rel="nofollow - www.wishandfish.pt
Yacht
Bachelor – Facebook page, no website.
Beach
Barbeque
http://algarexperience.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarexperience.com
Dolphins
search (no guarantees you will actually see
one!)
http://algarexperience.com/" rel="nofollow - www.algarexperience.com http://www.dolphins.pt/" rel="nofollow - www.dolphins.pt
Their boat
http://www.dreamwavealgarve.com/" rel="nofollow - www.dreamwavealgarve.com
– cruiser Dreamer 1 http://www.algarveboatcruises.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarveboatcruises.com/
http://www.seacret-tours.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.seacret-tours.com
Jet
Boat / high speed
rides
http://www.algarveboatcruises.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.algarveboatcruises.com/ https://www.jetboatalgarve.com/index.php/en/" rel="nofollow - JetBoatAlgarve
http://www.dreamwavealgarve.com/" rel="nofollow - www.dreamwavealgarve.com
I
hope this will help future visitors.
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www.algarvebus.info public transport information for the Algarve
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