Have you been to lagos portugal?

Question

i'm looking to go self catering but a lot of apts seem to be a fair distance from the beach and town i've never been before what are your impressions of the place itself thanks.

Answer 1

We live in Spain.We stayed in Lagos two years ago. The weather was warm, about the same as we have in Spain.  We wanted to stay within the walls of the old town, which we did. We aren't beach people, which is just as well as the beach was a bus ride away. If you live somewhere like the UK you will love Lagos, but coming from Spain we found it disappointing. Not only that, but everything was so much more expensive. We didn't go for the sunshine as we live in a sunny country. We wanted to see what the Algarve was like. You will love it if as I said you are on holiday.

Enjoy

Answer 2

Lots of crazy people who lie and leave their kid in the room unattended go portugal

So be careful

the place seems nice, its really what you think

Answer 3

yes.

Lagos is my summer destiny (i have a house there)

and, yes, you're right about the distance between beaches and apartments.

There are some hotels near the beach (in Meia Praia, Praia D. Ana) but they are kinda expensive.

But you olny spend about 10 minutes (by car or bus) to get in to beaches, very good actually.

Apart from that, Lagos is a very nice and historic city:

You can find in Lagos, some interesting cultural life (i think there's a short-movies festival in July-August), museums, expositions, etc.

Lagos is also an important city in our history: it was one of the major ports in Portugal, from the XIV to the XVII century.

From Lagos, hundreds of caravelles, galleons and ships went to the discoveries, cruzades, battles with moors, fighting pirates, etc

Already the fenitians and romans settled in Lagos. Its original name was Lacobriga. That's why the people from Lagos are known as "Lacobrigenses" (lah-coo-bree-jen-sses)

Apart of that, there are dozens of good, restaurants, bars and a couple of discos in Lagos.

BOA VIAGEM!

PS - i just rembember this story: an old barberman in Lagos once told me this story: in the 1940's, long before the tourism boom in Algarve, there were olny 2 tourists in Lagos: they were an english couple of elders, (mr and mrs Gladstone, he said)

Those english were so exotic, and also friendly, that many people in Lagos use to invite them for a lunch, dinner, parties, etc.