We got here on a wed and left on Sunday. I selected this town as its known for its beaches and its partying. There are two areas for partying - the strip and old town. Both were impressively large for all the restaurants bars and nightclubs.
Old town is way better for anyone over 25 years old. The strip was almost sensory overload as every bar was blaring their music and you can see barely 20 year olds getting drunk. Like a block away from strip it's all quiet so we were super surprised by the amount of music coming out of each bar and conflicting with each other. There were a few bars with live music and one with a singer but majority was dj music and tons of very young people. We walked through it on two nights but only stopped at the outdoor arcade and the gyro place at the end of the strip. Chicken gyro was soooo good for 7 euro. 😋
Our hotel was between the strip and old town so an Uber was 4-6 euros either way. We stayed at grand muthu forte du vale. It was okay. I wouldn't stay there again as the room is more like a barely 3 star hotel. MGM Muthu hotels overall should be avoided in future.
Old town is by a large beach and very hilly. We liked it much better as there was more live music and mix of all ages. Restaurants and bars in many alleyways. And an old town square where kids and oldies all hung out. We danced a bit at the square and upstairs at one bar. We looked for places that wasn't too crowded and wore our masks still. We were like the only ones but we felt safer that way.
We went to three beaches. There is one 10 min walk from our hotel, and one at the end of the strip which I wrote about and love and one attached to old town which also looked pretty good.
Overall loved our stay. Not a place yet for us to spend more than a week but would definitely want to visit again or visit one of the other 10 beach towns in Algarve region. Beautiful place, awesome food and friendly people.
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