Papa parked the car in Lagos, just outside the old stone walls of an ancient fort, and we began
a two hour walk along the cliffs of the Algarve. The bonus of our walk, and of the whole trip, has been the wildflowers. They are beautiful and made the cliffs and sea stacks even more stunning.
We drove to Sagres, where we are staying in the Pousada do Infante Sagres. Our room has a balcony overlooking the peninsula where Fortaleza de Sagres is located. Henry the Navigator, Magellan, and Vasco da Gama lived, studied, and sailed from here. The views are spectacular! We hiked along the cliffs of the peninsula near our hotel, then drove to the Fortaleza and Cabo Sao Vicente, the most western point of Europe. The Algarve coastline is unbelievably beautiful!
