ALBUFEIRA MARINA - WHAT'S THERE?

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   Updated 7th July 2022. Many changes since January and minor corrections.

I have marked some places with a **. These were closed at the time of my passing, between 10 and 11am. I cannot say whether they are actually open for business.
# 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 - empty
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 - Villa Market estate agents
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 - 57 empty

Note the Europcar office has closed.

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
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/ 'Strikers Bar' and Euronet ATM 
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 - Contra Mestre bar restaurant 
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. 

On the corner is the boarding point for many of the boat trips.

Other Supermarkets
near the marina area
Nearest
– Intermarché, open 0830 – 2000 every day except 25^th
December and 1^st January.

A
few minutes uphill walk. Other, larger, stores are 2 - 3km distant in
town. Map at 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

BUS
SERVICE FROM MARINA INTO OLD TOWN, CÂMARA (Town Hall) and main Bus Station
Last buses are two hours later ie 2130hrs from 
June to end September. Last bus from old town to marina is 1915 hrs winter, 2115 
hrs summer.

Weekdays
0730 – 1930 every 30 minutes

Saturdays
0730 – 1430 every 30 minutes then at 30 minutes past each hour
until until 1930

Sundays
and Holidays 0730 – 1930 (winter) 2130 (summer) every 60 minutes

Fare
for any journey is €1,40 cash on board, 80 cents with prepaid pass.
Day pass €4, buy from driver. Tickets are valid 1 hour and can be used to change to
other GIRO buses and thus get almost anywhere in town.

Stop
location – on the wide road just around the corner from the
fountain.
Map - http://www.algarvebus.info/images/Varzea-da-Orada.JPG

More
information www.algarvebus.info/004r.htm
BUSES TO OTHER PLACES
These pass through the marina area and now stop there, at the same place as the GIRO buses. Bus service is still very limited with almost nothing at weekends.
Timetables - Route 75 to Galé, Salgados, Vale de Parra and Guia at www.algarvebus.info/030.htm
Route 13 to Armação de Pêra, Porches, Lagoa and Portimão at www.algarvebus.info/002w.htm
(Times for those buses two minutes later than the time at Avenida do Ténis, although in my experience these buses often don't keep to time anyway.)
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 now 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.
Grouped by type of activity as per
the various leaflets etc I collected.
Cruise
and Sailing - I have checked the links to websites and have removed one that did not work. Two operators have new websites, links updated.

www.algarvecharters.com
- you can charter a boat for a day or half day. Yacht
Finismar.
www.algarve-cruises.com
– Yacht Amorita
www.dreamwavealgarve.com
– Leãozinho 'Pirate Ship'.
Jetboat Algarve - very fast ride!
https://easydreamcharters.pt/
Oceaneye
- http://oceaneyealgarve.pt/ -
glass bottomed boat

Caves
and Coastline

www.algarve-cruises.com
– Yacht Amorita
Boat Alzirinha - find on Facebook

http://www.seacret-tours.com

www.dreamwavealgarve.com

Parasailing and Jet
ski-ing

www.algarexperience.com
www.dreamwavealgarve.com

Fishing
trips

www.algarexperience.com

www.algarveboatcruises.com/

www.wishandfish.pt

Yacht
Bachelor – Facebook page, no website.

Beach
Barbeque

www.algarexperience.com

Dolphins
search (no guarantees you will actually see
one!)

www.algarexperience.com
www.dolphins.pt - website down July 2022
Their boat

www.dreamwavealgarve.com
– cruiser Dreamer 1

http://www.algarveboatcruises.com/

http://www.seacret-tours.com

Jet
Boat / high speed
rides

http://www.algarveboatcruises.com/
JetBoatAlgarve

www.dreamwavealgarve.com

I
hope this will help future visitors.