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Quote: Originally posted by LYDIAK on 20/3/2013

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In 2009 we stayed at Camping Turiscampo, Espeche, near Lagos on the Algarve. A lovely site with lots to see nearby.Lagos has at least 3 supermarkets and is a nice town to wander round.The coast is beautiful with lots of great beaches.The site is a Camping Cheques site in low season and is very easy to find off the Motorway.

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Agreed - there's a lot more to  Portugal than the coast - try to gt to one of the smaller old towns. So I should correct what I said earlier, recommending Guimaraes - I meant Coimbra as suggested here! Guimaraes is very noice too ....

I should also say that it's easy to  eat out reasonably cheaply in Portugal and a good experience.

 

Quote: Originally posted by iwalani on 20/3/2013

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Portugal's a very interesting and varied country, and there's so much more to it than just the Algarve.  Five years ago we spent four weeks touring , starting at Quarteira, then going to Evora (a lovely old town), Lisbon, Figuera da Foz (with a visit to Coimbra, another historic city), Porto, and finally Caminha.  To be honest the campsites we stayed at weren't quite up to the standards of Spain or France, but were OK.  Most were part of the Orbitur chain.  The only one I really wouldn't recommend was Orbitur Madalena, Porto, although the city itself was wonderful, and there are several other sites in the area which are probably better.

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Quote: Originally posted by neil and lena on 20/3/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by LYDIAK on 20/3/2013In 2009 we stayed at Camping Turiscampo, Espeche, near Lagos on the Algarve. A lovely site with lots to see nearby.Lagos has at least 3 supermarkets and is a nice town to wander round.The coast is beautiful with lots of great beaches.The site is a Camping Cheques site in low season and is very easy to find off the Motorway.

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Another vote for Turiscampo , we have just returned from there after are 3rd visit in the last 5 years and its gets better each time.
The staff are excellent and the new shower block is ultra modern.

N&L currently at Kingsbury Water Park C&CC on route back to Scotland

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