Lagos, Sagres, & Cabo de Sao Vicente, Portugal

This is Part II of our Portugal Weekend Adventure.
(See our other blog post dedicated to the incredible wildflowers of the area.)

Beautiful weather vanes. Fortunately we had beautiful weather on our trip.

El Puerto to Lagos was a quick four hour drive. We spent a long
weekend exploring the area.

Sagres Point, a remote area in the southwestern part of Portugal.

One of the few remnants left from Prince Henry the Navigator's School is this
enormous Rosa dos Ventos wind compass on Ponta de Sagres.

Storage building is in the background. The surrounding fields were
covered with wildflowers.

Simple chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graca was also built by Prince Henry.

One long straight road to the lighthouse at Sagres.

A few miles away from Sagres is Cabo de Sao Vicente. See the lighthouse?
This spot is the extreme southwest point of Europe. It was believed to
be the end of the world by the Romans.

Fort on the cliffs of Cabo.

Lots of fishermen but we never saw anyone catch a fish!

Coastline was stunning.

Literal translation? "Last sausage before America"

Ponta da Piedade in Lagos.

The grottos in this area were magnificent.

So many spectacular vistas.

Next time we go back, we'd like to kayak through the grottos.

More beauty. We climbed all over this area.

Many of the flower photos we shot (see other blog post)
were along these cliffs.

The end of another great weekend.
 Hasta luego, Jim and Deb

Wildflowers in the Algarve

April and May are the best months for wildflowers in Portugal. Last
weekend we drove four hours to the western tip of the Algarve--
a remote and dramatic area on the Atlantic ocean. We spent the weekend eating
tasty seafood, drinking remarkably good and inexpensive wines, walking,
and taking photographs of beautiful flowers and stunning landscape. What
a wonderful way to spend a weekend!

Daisy-like flowers came in every color from purple to...

...blue, yellow, pink, and white.

We'd call this Queen Anne's Lace back in the Northeast, but here we believe it's
Wild Carrot.

Anybody have any idea what this beauty is called?

Sea Daisy.

Ice Plants are gorgeous but invasive succulents. They come in yellow
and pink (pictured later).

Jim taking one of the 600 photos we took over the weekend. It was hard to
whittle these down to just 15 photos for this blog!

Ice Plants in pink.

Bromeliads were in full bloom.

Car nestled in a field of flowers.

The Atlantic is just beyond the cliffs. We're doing a separate blog post
on the Algarve scenery, which was fabulous.

Rocky fields were wild and beautiful.

This hibiscus-like flower has sticky dark green leaves.

We took this shot at 8:00 pm, just as these Ice Plants were closing
up for the night. They may be invasive, but aren't
they lovely?

We hope you are enjoying Springtime and Mother Nature,
wherever you may be.
Hasta luego, Deb and Jim