BEWARE of taking the highway to Lisbon!

Hi, I'm Nick and I've been living in the Algarve for over 20 years. Today my daughter, Isabella, and I discover a section of the EN2, an old road that was commissioned 77 years ago and is now the longest road in Europe and one of three roads in the world that cross entire countries.
Great restaurants en route:
➣A Tia Bia - Barranco do Velho
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➣Casa dos Presuntos - Cortelha
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➣Tasquinha o medronho - Almodôvar
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[@slanwar]

Back in the day 40-50 years ago I used to stay in Algarve for 2 months and my trip from Almada to Lagos we used to stop in Alentejo to eat snails and have lunch. Good times and great memories i have with my parents.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Caracóis! I still need to be trained properly in the art of eating caracóis 😊

[@marybethblend4446]

Your daughter is a rising Star!!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

She is! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@kylemcelroy8217]

This is so great. As I dream of retiring from a corporate job in the U.S. to Portugal or Spain,.the entire point is slowing down to enjoy what life has to offer. Thanks for the reminder and encouragement!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

You're welcome Kyle, it's something I have always tried to do, keep it slow, keep it interesting and dodge the stress.

[@nunosantos485]

Pick Portugal👍😊 We’d love to have you!

[@utilizadoinvalido]

Lekker ;) ... nice to see someone enjoying my country.

[@arthurd.dalbuquerquecavalc8788]

Last november my family and I went down to the Algarve for the second time, but this time we decided to avoid the highway, partly because it’s boring and partly because the tools are too expensive. We loved the experience! Thankyou for this video! I checked it here to choose which road I was gonna take back in november but didn’t find anything. No doubt this video is going to be of great value for those who hate highways like me!

[@susanhighfield3370]

Great video, beautiful scenery.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks for watching Susan!👍🏼

[@lucchese20]

Absolutely wonderful video! 1. Being a civil/traffic engineer, I love your historic road references between US, PT and Argentina! 2. I commend you for your daughter’s command of the English language. Being of Italian-descent, I struggled to have my 2 loving kids speak or understand Italian. Extremely difficult when living in US and married to an English-only spouse. Parabens! Love to know how she learned English (future video?). 3. Your daughter also appears to be very level-headed. Does she take after her mom? 🤣 🤣 4. I thought you only see motorcycles on weekends in California. 😁 5. Great advice to take life slowly and enjoy PT. Looking forward to the day when we move (hopefully) to PT. 6. Finally, great idea to do videos on your drive “up north.” Looking forward to it. All the best. 👍🏻

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Grazie Lucchese! She grew up only speaking Portuguese and I taught her English (I was hoping I could perfect my Portuguese with her, but that didn't pan out).

[@lucchese20]

@@AlgarveAddicts That’s quite an achievement of your teaching skills and her ability to learn another language. 👏

[@arthurd.dalbuquerquecavalc8788]

BR 101 in Brazil cuts the country north-south for more than 4650km. Maybe you’d enjoy it too.

[@glennwhitlock1272]

Oh yeah. My first taste of sopa da pedra was on a trip from Lisbon to the Algarve. We stopped in a roadside café in Almerim. The whole journey took 4.5 hours back then. Whenever Ive done it since, it's 1.5 hours on the highway at a cost of something like €25 in tolls (possibly more now!)

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Hey Glenn, it's actually just over €20 now, so that's good news! You were moving real fast if it took you 1.5 hours! 💥

[@glennwhitlock1272]

@@AlgarveAddicts ha! Maybe the memory fades, but I remember we were the only car on the road so perhaps the rocket power was engaged for a few km😁

[@hankryan8164]

Thanks, Nick. We hope to have a car here in Olhao soon and your help in discovering places to explore is much appreciated!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

You're welcome Hank 👍🏼

[@MHParkison]

Sorry, Nick - Route 66 in the US started in Chicago and ended in Santa Monica California. It was almost 4,000 km long but now is a memory, having been cut up by "development". But no matter, still a fun memory and good context for your latest video which, as always, is appreciated by those of us who dream of traveling and living in Portugal. Can't wait to see more!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks for the knowledge Mark, so it doesn't go coast to coast?🙏

[@MHParkison]

@@AlgarveAddicts No, but if you ever come to the US to drive coast to coast, I will meet you in Ocean City, Maryland to launch your trip on US 50. That is a great slow road across the mid-section of the United States. Thanks, NIck, for your great channel. One day, I will be living in VRSA thanks to you and to Veronica and your hard work in putting out well-planned, well-produced, and incredibly informative videos.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Wow, thanks Mark, much appreciated 👍🏼

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

The Finnish national road 4 goes from Helsinki to Utsjoki, i.e. right across the whole country - 1295 km. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_national_road_4

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Cool, good to know. Thanks for sharing videodotgoogledotcom 👍🏼

[@PeeGeeThirteen]

Thanks Nick, I didn’t know about that road. Hope your summer will be a good one

[@AlgarveAddicts]

You too PeeGee. What's your real name?

[@PeeGeeThirteen]

@@AlgarveAddicts My name is Phil, LOL

[@robertfigueiras6682]

Great idea for a video Nick and a fabulous one it was, looking forward to the next .

[@nunosantos485]

Can’t wait to get a car and drive the EN2. I’ve lived in Portugal my whole life and never knew it existed.

[@maxflight777]

6:30 ! Fabulous Bosanova soundtrack … super video 👍

[@maxflight777]

EN2 best enjoyed on a motorcycle! (Ideally a quiet one !)

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Ideally one that isn't dangerous either. Too many people I know have died on motor bikes...

[@maxflight777]

@@AlgarveAddicts Agreed, you can never make them safe. (But with good training, the risks can be reduced. It’s a shame that in Southern Europe, generally speaking, no one buys the training 😱)

[@Kalecimus]

Man you shot some really beautifull landscape i never knew existed in this part of Portugal, great job!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks 👍🏼I love a little exploration mission.

[@ivi122]

Very nice video! I love that you took that little trip with your daughter!My 21 year old son is planning to go to Portugal this March with his two college roommates so I’m watching lots of videos to do research

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Good luck in your research

[@cleaningtime8156]

Great Vlog Nick thanks .

[@AlgarveAddicts]

👌🏼

[@anaesposito4279]

This is great! I was born in Lisbon and planning on taking my Son to Portugal for the first time

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Glad you liked it.

[@alanmartins6349]

I agree 100% when we finally get in retirement that's exactly what we'll do

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Become scooter angels? 😂

[@alanmartins6349]

@@AlgarveAddicts LOL, that was funny:)

[@jorgeduarte2360]

I know this road well, I've been traveling it since the 70's, especially between Aljustrel and Faro. Ameixial is my father's Parish. You can see the elementary school he attended in the 40's @ 8:47. You could have shown the Bridge over the river Vascão, which is the border between the Algarve and Alentejo. 5 km ahead is the first town on the EN2, in Alentejo, Dogueno, KM 675, where my mother was born and currently lives and where I go regularly. Thanks for the video.

[@detlevdoedel7472]

Hi Nick , thanks for the nice Video. We love 🇵🇹 very much and Visite at again beginning of Junge 🍷🙋‍♀️

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks for watching guys 🙏

[@tumdeedaidee7835]

Great video, didn't know sbout the EN2, thx.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

You're welcome 👍🏼

[@1108star]

Haha. Missed all of it last year. Zoomed from Porto to Lagos. Thanks for sharing. Did you drive back to the north? Mind sharing where you started and ended your tour. Thanks

[@Larry-jh8gf]

Great video Nick! I agree 💯 take your time and see different things. Soon all those motorcycles will be electric and quiet. Haha Route 66 gets all the headlines, but Route 20 is the longest road across the US. (That is not a highway) It runs from Boston on the East coast to Oregon on the west coast. Through big cities, Boston and Chicago many small towns and Yellowstone National Park.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Wow, that sounds like a good trip! Thanks for sharing Larry 🙏

[@Helderhugo]

You started your journey on my family's hometown in São Brás de Álportel.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

I did. That's my hometown now too. 👍🏼

[@andreiabastos3760]

Muito bom.

[@MariaAlmeida-np3oi]

Nick it was great bumping into you in Loule. Who would have thought a girl from the United States would be watching your KZbin videos and then meet you in Loule Algarve! Best of luck with all your videos. I have enjoyed them. Thank you . Maria Almeida

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks so much Maria, it was great meeting you too!

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

That's hilarious you have a ton of people driving by on bikes or motorcycles super busy 😂🌴

[@AlgarveAddicts]

It may well be quieter on a weekday 😂 It appears the tourism board is doing its job well.

[@carlosvictor8679]

u should a trip on the en120 lagos to lisbon & ic1 messines to lisbon ...both worsewhile of your time,keep up the good work(regards from portimao)

[@kinslowrainer3982]

Nice video! And I think I saw a book in your daughter's hands more than a cell phone.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Yes, I've managed to pass on my love of reading to her. 👌🏼I'm proud. The funny thing is, you wouldn't know I was reading a book as I do it all on my phone with the Kindle app, she on the other hand loves paper.

[@kinslowrainer3982]

@@AlgarveAddicts You can usually tell based on their eye and finger movements if they're reading something long form or if they're just playing or chatting.

[@leanderian]

In addition to Route 66, Interstate 80 and Interstate 10 both cross the entire United States, from East to West.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

👍🏼

[@stepbeyond1]

Route 66 is legendary but gone, decommissioned after the Interstate system. It only exists in a few little pieces here and there. Don’t come to America expecting an epic trip.

[@GarethMcCumskey]

now I want the rest!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

The rest of what, Gareth? 😎

[@GarethMcCumskey]

@@AlgarveAddicts The rest of the drive!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Aaah, it was all on highways, but I do have the next section of the N2 lined up for another time :)

[@splynk1]

Good one .... again :-) > its so easy to comment on your videos ;-)

[@AlgarveAddicts]

That's a good comment!!! 😂👌🏼

[@arthurd.dalbuquerquecavalc8788]

How about you focus a series of videos on roadtrip in and out of the Algarve? That would be awesome!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

That's kind of what I'm doing 😊👍🏼

[@johnnewman1122]

I drove the EN2 out of Algarve and it is a white-knuckle drive!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Really? I found it pretty cool.

[@dharmadasa487]

If you ever go to Australia you might rethink your longest road in the world brag Some of our farms have driveways that long

[@jennybertenshaw7694]

Just to say Almodovar has a great little museum that contains some very interesting ancient stones with what is described as the oldest language in Europe engraved on them ( i think ? ) We visited after reading Peter Dougherty's book Atlantis and the Silver city ( Silves) His research and ideas about Silves being the old capitol of Atlantis before the 9BC earthquake and Tsunami washed everything away into the Atlantic. A fantastic read and a museum worth visiting

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks Jenny, I'll check out that book. I have heard people speak of it. Yes, the language in Almodóvar if I'm not mistaken has Celtic origins.

[@s7r49]

going to portugal in june, flying into and out of lisbon 11 days. I was planning on taking the train to porto and sintra, and a little scared of driving (I've never traveled ANYWHERE in my life). am i being paranoid? My friend who went a long time ago said im missing out on some beautiful beaches if I don't rent a car. but he doesn't have much advise for me. I feel a little out of my element.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

If you'd like you can jump on a paid call with me and I can help you out. Totally up to you. algarveaddicts.com/chat

[@skylongskylong1982]

In every Portuguese Driver , there is a Formula One, racer trying to get out !

[@olasparen6955]

Great video and a great idea you have here, but please make it a bit longer next time with more stops along the way. P.s. you forgot one road that cuts through a whole country, i.e. the E4 which cuts through Sweden and is more than double the length of EN2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E4

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Aha! Good one, there are many claims about this road but it's definitely not the longest road in the world. I said that in error (I got a bit carried away).

[@antoniodasilva1230]

The first motorway our highway was in Germany the second was in Portugal read that back in school in New York

[@user-he9vq7ut5d]

Lol, NE2 is dwarfed by the Trans Canada Highway which stretches 7,450 km.

[@tiberiusmaximilian5591]

Yeah, and in Europe, both the E4 (Spain to border between Sweden and Finland) and E6 (Southern Sweden to border Norway Russia) are a tiny bit longer.

[@user-zt4mn6jc3d]

You have to be very careful when you say there's only 3 roads going across a country unless you've done lots of homework. For example New Zealand has its highway 1 which goes from the very top of the country to the very bottom and crosses both main islands with a distance of 2006km. Even if you take just the South Island, that's 932km.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

You're right. There are way more, as I'm finding out from the very helpful comments on this video. Apparently, Finland has one, too. Thanks for sharing.

[@Nosaracasalaplaya]

Who's the drone operator

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Me

[@joeoliveira8633]

I like the Pink Floyd shirt.

[@JurassicB8245]

Nick, next time you drive - go to "Castro de Cola", near Silves. Oh man you eat like a monster, its all so goood and stupid cheap.

[@paulgilliland2992]

Nick we did both routes and were tortured by super fast noisy motor bikes . It’s known by bikers because it’s fast free and no law enforcement.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

As you can see from the video I also experienced some noisy bikers. However, bear in mind that it will be worse on Saturday mornings (when I filmed it) and that we have recently hosted the biggest biker rally in Europe in Faro and those were probably them arriving...?

[@johngibson3952]

Can you drive with flip-flops on I was told that the GNR would ticket me if I got caught driving with my flip-flops

[@maxflight777]

Good grief ! You’d think with drink driving, tailgating, overtaking in stupid places and other frightening behaviour so common on Portuguese roads, they could try harder to solve the key problems ?

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Oh my gosh, I wasnt wearing flip flops (was I?). You're right John, it's not advisable, I'm not the best role model 😊

[@johngibson3952]

@@AlgarveAddicts my local gas station attendant pointed this out to me when I was filling up my car wearing my flip flops lol😂

[@Larry-jh8gf]

Wow, interesting law. I heard that you must keep an extra pair of glasses in the car, I guess a pair of driving shoes too.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Extra pair of sunglasses?

[@jppriori5145]

BR-101 crosses Brazil from North to South through the coast... Although I would never recommend a tourist doing that en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR-101_(Brazil_highway)

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Wow, 4,800km! That's a long road.

[@QueenBee-mk8xm]

ha ha tourist distraction. How did you film your car driving along the winding roads. Was it using a drone? How do you control it while you´re driving? Sorry, just curious. Not very tach savvy. Getting motion sickness just watching so unfortunately not the route for me!

[@briany7658]

I was wondering the same thing. Has to be a very well controlled drone...

[@QueenBee-mk8xm]

@@briany7658 maybe there´s a way to program the drone to follow a certain route.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

There is a way, my daughter flew the drone :)))

[@QueenBee-mk8xm]

@@AlgarveAddicts she did a great job!

[@user-sukableh]

7:50 it is peaceful. Seriously i don't understand what these people want.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Which people are you referring to?