Sights

Walking, golfing, SUPing, yoga, massage, culture, nature, petanque, birdwatching, cooking and creative workshops and many more activities can be done near our future Boutique Guesthouse-Moncarapacho with two luxury rental holiday homes, eastern Algarve in the south of Portugal.

We are happy to show you what you can do in the area. For more sporting activities click here and for wellness click here .

sail
Our area with the Ria Formosa nature park can actually be compared to the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands. Boats and small ferries sail from almost all villages every day to the various picturesque islands. From Olhao you can sail to Ilha da Armona, Ilha da Culatra and Ilha do Farol. From Tavira to Ilha de Tavira and from Fuseta to Ilha da Fuseta.

But there are also various boat trips from Faro, for example to Ilha Deserta with its chic restaurant Estamine, there is nothing more! When you cross these islands on foot you will reach the beautiful wide beaches and the Atlantic Ocean.

Exceptions are Praia do Barill and Praia do Faro. No boats here, but you can get to the Atlantic Ocean by taking a tourist train or on foot. Especially in the summer you will find cozy restaurants and bars everywhere on the various islands.

Monterosa olive oil tour in Moncarapacho
The olive trees are an indispensable part of the Algarve. About a kilometer from us is Monterosa where you can take a tour of their olive grove.

Here it is explained in English how the process from olive to olive oil works. And of course you can taste and buy their different olive oils. Monterosa has also won several major awards with their olive oil!

There are also options to book a picnic on their olive grove. Check out their website Monterosa for details or read more about it in Feikje Meeuwsen's travel blog .

Below in the photo you can see the olive harvest at our neighbors. They have the same olive trees as Monterosa and that is why our neighbors are the only ones allowed to have their olives pressed (on the same day as the picking).

Photo: from our rental accommodation you have a view of our neighbors' olive grove

Architecture Discovery Tour Algarve
Will Kohlen, Dutch architect, has apps on his website with a number of Architectural Walking Tours in the Algarve. On request he organizes a group tour in one of the beautiful towns of the Algarve.

Spotting dolphins
Excursions to spot dolphins are organized from Fuseta, 7 km from us. They mainly look for the Delphinus Delphis (common dolphin), a small beautifully colored dolphin and the bottlenose dolphin. There are also other dolphin species, orcas, whales, sharks and angelfish swimming there, but the chance of encountering them is much smaller.

There is no guarantee that you will see dolphins. They are there all year round, but as it gets warmer from June to October, the chance increases.

Birding
We live in a unique environment for bird watchers. On our land we see birds praying in the sky, the hopper passes by every now and then and when it gets dark we hear the owl. The Ria Formosa Natural Park , breeding and migratory bird area, is very interesting for bird watchers. There are many different species of birds to spot. The most famous for us laymen are the herons, flamingos and storks. You see the latter everywhere with their nests on chimneys and churches!

Salt extraction
You will find salt extraction companies everywhere on our coast.

Photo: seen from the tourist train in Tavira

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