Exploring Nature

Enjoy the fabulous natural resources of Algarve

The nature that the Algarve can offer is diverse and breathtaking. From the litoral over the barrocal to the serra, nature will surprise you every time.

Ria Formosa: the Ria Formosa is a maze of canals, islands, marshes and barrier islands, stretching 60kms along the Algarve coast, between the beaches of Manta Rota and Garrão. If you want to admire this bird of gorgeous plumage and know everything about the protected area, begin your visit by the Centro de Educação Ambiental de Marim (Environmental Education Center of Marim), which will show you the most suitable hiking trails and observatories where to hide to enjoy the day-to-day of the various species. The park also organizes tours in a traditional boat formerly used in tuna fisheries.
Fonte Benémola: the Fonte da Benémola Trail is a short circular walk that starts on a dirt track on the way to a small hamlet called Fica Bem. The rural scenery at Fonte da Benémola is peaceful, pretty and very bucolic. This trail crosses a Protected Landscape composed of woodland, meadows, and traditional farmland on the banks of the little river Menalva, deep in the Algarve’s Barrocal.