Travel to Albufeira and around the Algarve

Travel to Villa Alfarroba

Airlines to Faro (Faro International Airport is the nearest airport to Albufeira)

Airlines to Faro from UK and Ireland

From Faro to villa (42Km / 40 minutes away by car).

Airport Transfer - can be booked ahead and paid for locally.

Hire a taxi - costs about €40 each way.

Rent a car for the period of stay - costs vary enormously depending on the time of year.

Local buses - Public transport is good on the Algarve, but as yet we have no experience of this route.

Algarve bus and train services - timetables assembled by a local enthusiast.

Travel around Albufeira

From Clube Albufeira to Albufeira (about 2km from Clube Albufeira to the centre of Albufeira)

Free courtesy bus runs 4 times a day from Clube Albufeira Reception to Albufeira.

Public transport bus runs every ½ hour on the main highway opposite Clube Albufeira Reception and costs €1.

Private taxi costs about €4/5 into Albufeira and 'the Strip'.

Travel around Algarve

Public Transport

Bus and Train Services

Algarve bus and train service - timetables assembled by a local enthusiast.

Hired Transport

Hire car

AlgarveCarBooking - can deliver to airport / villa.

Hire moped / motorbike

Almotos - near Post Office and 'Kilt & Kelt' bar in Albufeira.

Vespa Rent - further up the same street.

Hire cycle

local :	Easy Rider, Avenida da Liberdade n.º 115 8200 Albufeira (300m north of the old town square) Tel: 289501102 Fax: 289541078 easy.rider@netc.pt Cycle hire shop - next to Mary Ann's behind the Kilt & Kelt, just off the strip.
close :	Algarve Bike Hire - the rental base is located in Gale, near to Albufeira.
Iberia :	CTTC - bike hire and delivery anywhere in Spain and Portugal.

Time & Distance estimates

Portugal uses the same time as in England i.e. summer BST, winter GMT (Western European Summer Time [WEST], WET).

Faro International Airport to Manchester, 1171 miles, 1884 kilometres, 3 hours

Faro International Airport to Villa Alfarroba, 26 miles, 42 kilometres, 40 min

Albufeira to Lisbon, 122 miles, 196 kilometres, 2½ hr

Albufeira to Sevilla, 126 miles, 203 kilometres, 2½ hr

www.travelmath.com gives a variety of data relating to distances and relative worldwide times.