Full Day Algarve Historical Tour: From Silves Castle, Fóia Peak, to Cabo São Vicente

Embark on a full-day historical tour of the Algarve, starting from Silves Castle and exploring Fóia Peak and Cabo São Vicente. Discover ancient landmarks, enjoy breathtaking views, and immerse yourself in the rich history of the region.

Duration: 8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Albufeira - The tour begins here, heading towards the city of Silves, where the day’s itinerary will be explained.
  • Silves - Discover the city of Silves, the original capital of the Algarve region.
  • Monchique - Enjoy the breathtaking panoramic views from the highest point in the Algarve and one of the tallest in Portugal, standing at 902…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Driver/Guide
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

Begin the tour with a pickup from the Albufeira area. The first historical stop is the ancient Moorish capital of Silves, featuring its remarkable castle and well-preserved cathedral, where you can learn about its rich history. From Silves, the journey continues towards the Monchique mountains, traveling on roads inaccessible to large buses, allowing…

Location
McDonald's
We will be waiting for you at the Mcdonalds parking lot in Albufeira, in a white van, with the company logo on the door.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Curtis
Jun 11, 2025
Can’t rate Benny (the guide) and the tour highly enough - Benny was fantastic. While he’s not a local he’s lived here for a long time. We were meant to be 4 friends doing the tour, but due to too much alcohol the night before we became 2. I will say, don’t drink the night before this as there’s a lot of winding mountainous roads. But this also means that you get to see a side of the country that most don’t. Benny was extremely informative and engaging throughout the 8 hour trip. I would recommend doing this earlier into your trip so that you get an idea of where you want to go back to
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Michael_f
Jun 10, 2025
Historical tour - We have had an amazing experience. Mario, our guide, has a wealth ok knowledge and experience that kept us informed and entertained throughout the day.
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Sandra_p
May 31, 2025
A look at various gems of the Algarve - If you don’t have much time to get to know the Algarve, this tour gives you a good overview of some parts of the region. Highly recommended in general, our guide was excellent, very friendly and knew a lot about history and the area. Practical issues: it is one of the few tours that can be taken individually, almost all are minimum two people, so that is very good for solo travelers. And at the two hour stop in Lagos give the time to go on your own to visit Ponta da Piedade which is also beautiful.
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Culture792042
May 30, 2025
Beautiful views of the most beautiful places. The golden church was beautiful, the mountains breathtaking and amazing beautiful waves - Beautiful views, ideal if you want to see some of surroundings, mountains, cities. Lots of information about Portugal from the guide . Beautiful
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852elizabethb
May 27, 2025
Awesome!!! - Wonderful beautiful and not to be missed!! We completely adored it!!! If you go up the mountain to a store, taste the almond liquor! I don’t drink, but I thought it would taste amazing as an added flavour in baking!
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Hectorleetrip
May 23, 2025
Good trip. - Great trip, which we enjoyed. Lots of different places to visit. We went to some nice cities, and the mountain top views were good too.
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L4145dapaulw
May 18, 2025
Exceptional day trip - A fabulous day visiting historical Portugal Our guide and driver Mario was exceptional imparting a huge amount of knowledge keeping the day interesting and informative. He adapted the day to take into account the needs of everyone on the trip. Great day and fantastic value for money
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Eugenia
May 17, 2025
An incredible day - Mario our tour guide was absolutely incredible. His wealth of knowledge and hospitality is second to none. We had an incredible day with him, he really showed us the beautiful and rock Portuguese culture. Our first stop Silves, unfortunately the castle was closed due to strikes, however Mario improvised for us and we were able to spend time and take in the beautiful streets and market in Silves. The rest of the tour was equally amazing. My family and I will absolutely recommend this service.
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Drholtrip64
May 17, 2025
Fabulous tour - Thanks to driver Benny for a wonderful day out. We learned so much about the history and local culture from this amazing guide. Benny made sure we had the best experience on the day. Would definitely recommend this for seeing Silves, Lagos and Cape St Vincent. Would go again in a heartbeat. Very entertaining
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Am8-d
Jun 8, 2025
For the most part it was a good trip - It was a nice trip, but provider had to improvise because they added non English speaking person to our group and he had to translate for her. We ordered small group English speaking tour on purpose to avoid that, but …. Otherwise it was a good day.
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From $75
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).