Hi,

I've been reading the recommendations in this forum and the hotel reviews and I'm still confused about where to stay in the Algarve as there's so many lovely places to choose. I want to be everywhere as this will be my first visit to Algarve and I'm so excited :-)

My boyfriend and I are planning on spending a fortnight here on 11th September flying from Newcastle. Can't wait. It looks and sounds like a really lovely place. We don't want to be in the centre of tourist places but would like somewhere that's within 20 min walk of the beach & local town. Best of both worlds! We are looking at a budget of no more than £400 each including flights, which limits our options somewhat.

Can anyone recommend some good hotels/apartments within our price range.

It seems to be that booking a flight and hotel separately through Easyjet works out the cheapest as the travel agents seem to add lots of extras on so the final price is extortionate!!

Has anyone hired a private villa before? What are they like? What about booking nearer the time - is it cheaper?

Any recommendations and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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