Algarve Travel is an independent planning site for the Faro district coast: where to stay, how to move around, and which hotels and restaurants are worth your week. We are not a booking engine pretending to be a guide, and we are not a directory scraped from OpenStreetMap.
This page explains who writes the site, how we choose what to cover, and how affiliate links work when you are ready to book.
Who writes this
Goncalo Pedro Tavares researches and writes the guides, hotel reviews, and restaurant picks on this site. The tone is practical: what a week feels like, what goes wrong in August, and when a famous name is the wrong fit for your group.
We visit the Algarve repeatedly, cross-check opening hours and transfer times before peak season, and rewrite pages when routes, restaurants, or hotel brands change. If a property closes or rebrands, we update or retire the review rather than leave stale copy online.
What we publish
| Content type | What you get |
|---|---|
| Town hubs | How each base feels day to day – not just a map pin |
| Where-to-stay guides | Neighbourhood-first advice before you compare fifty hotels |
| Hotel reviews | Who fits, who does not, and honest trade-offs vs nearby picks |
| Restaurant reviews | From piri-piri lunch to Michelin nights – with booking reality |
| Planning guides | Airport, transfers, first-trip order, seasonality, comparisons |
We link to our own reviews with full `https://algarvetravel.info` URLs so you can follow a planning thread without hitting dead ends.
How we pick hotels and restaurants
Hotels: We prioritise properties readers actually shortlist – beach resorts, golf bases, old-town boutiques, and self-catering blocks with a clear identity. A review explains the weekly rhythm, parking, noise, and who should look elsewhere.
Restaurants: We cover destination dining (Michelin and Recommended), strong regional tables, and a few reliable mid-market picks per major town. We do not list every grill on the strip.
Editor’s pick marks on listings mean we would seriously consider booking there for the trip type described – not that the venue paid for placement.
Affiliate links and booking
Some pages link to flights, transfers, car hire, and hotel comparison partners. If you book through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Commissions do not decide which hotels or restaurants we recommend.
When affiliate programmes are not live yet, buttons fall back to neutral search pages – we do not promise exclusive rates we cannot deliver.
What we will not do
- Copy TripAdvisor scores or paste “guests praise” filler
- Recommend a base town without explaining the trade-offs
- Hide that a cliff resort means steps, or that Olhão’s best sand is a ferry ride away
- Use pay-to-play “sponsored review” labels on editorial picks
Corrections
Spotted an error, a closed restaurant, or a hotel that rebranded? Use the contact link in the footer when it is live, or reach out through the site owner channel you already use for deploys. We fix factual mistakes quickly.
Start planning
- About the Algarve – geography and history in one read
- Plan your first trip – flights, base town, hotels, in order
- Faro Airport hub – arrivals and drive times
- Browse towns – pick your base
Next: Read About the Algarve for regional context, then open the where to stay guide for your short-listed town before you lock a non-refundable rate.