The day we tried to HIKE the Eastern Algarve: Tavira to Olhão (Algarve Crosswalk Day 2)

Hi, I'm Nick and I've been living in the Algarve for over 23 years.Join us ona hike through all the villages in the Easter Algarve, Portugal. We walk 27km from Tavira to Olhão on the hottest day of the year.
We specialize in helping people narrow down the choices on where to live in the Algarve. You're welcome to jump on a free 15 minute call with my business partner Nick Smith and chat it through - calendly.com/n...
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[@clivebwell]

Yes, you are right Nick, incredible drone footage.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Cheers Clive

[@nediajouini9739]

Thank you for this awesome video. I loved the drone footage. My favourite line: "Can we get an Uber?"

[@AlgarveAddicts]

You're welcome, Nedia! Uber would have been good :)

[@Larry-jh8gf]

It wasn't the heat or the 27km, it was the lunch break! I want to go there and Uber afterwards! 😊 You're right Nick, that drone footage is amazing! Great job!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Cheers Larry 😎👍🏼

[@user-cj9zx1me7b]

Just beautiful!!! ..the acoustic guitar playing while the drone circled around the white sand separating the rippled blues and greens of the water against a stunning sky. Magnificent footage, Nick. Thank you for taking us along. M

[@AlgarveAddicts]

It's wonderful have you along! Glad you enjoyed it M

[@JIMMY.497]

Fantastic drone shots ❤.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks Jimmy 👍🏼

[@BresVideo]

As always, another great video Nick! Having been inspired to move to the Algarve by your original Algarve Addicts series, we are now living in Tavira for the past 2 years. I ride the route you walked just about every week on the Ecovia, though on an e-bike and without the beer, wine and medronhos breaks! 😅. You stopped at my 3 fave places in each area. Good on ya! 👏👏👏

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks!

[@ervinslens]

Absolutely love your cinematography, narrated part fits so nicely! Great content my friend!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Those are kind words, thank you 🙏🏼

[@PeeGeeThirteen]

LOL I would have given up after 10 minutes 🤣🤣🤣 You guys are crazy 😂

[@AlgarveAddicts]

We try hard!

[@dsword331]

Hi Nick and Charlie -- wow! This was so much fun watching and it truly had me on the edge of my seat. I'm an avid "walker" clocking in anywhere between 8 to 12K a day and doing this in all seasons as much as I can. Seeing you both venture out on this hiking trip was truly a wealth of adventure through the intense heat. I so much enjoy the "drone" aspects as well as your hand held camera footage of the detail visuals. Those amazing "dogs" were such a delight and great company, I liked how the hiking trip offered a glance of seeing so much details that you would normally not see when driving. I'm getting ready to head to South America on a one month scouting trip to see what my options are for venturing out after many years in the U.S. working in the "core" of corporate America. However, Portugal is on my list as an option and I have been viewing and researching through your channel and others the possibilities that Portugal has to offer. I hope after this South America trip that I can reach out and inquire through your knowledge on making plans to visit Portugal and what may work for my needs. Keep creating these travel adventures of Portugal and its wonders truly this brings so much value and appreciation to your viewers and it enriches our minds with much pride for learning the history that is so much needed to be share of such an amazing country... Be bless, be safe and don't forget to always be kind - Dory

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks for watching, Dory 👋

[@ogator8642]

I've only been to Olhao one tme but I immediately recognized where you stopped to drink. 27 km in over 30 C! I cannot imagine trying to do half of that.

[@maxflight777]

Compelling content! Super photography.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Cheers Max! 👍🏼

[@yolandedevinck4784]

Awesome video with lots of humour. Well done guys

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Cheers Yolande, I hope you chuckled out loud. ☺️

[@ianjefferies6065]

Lovely video my partner lives in tavira

[@andrewrobinson28]

Your best yet 👍. Loved it!!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Heheh, thanks so much 🙏🏼

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

Base Salt... It's a product I'm going to start using I had a friend who's a iron Man recommended to me... I guess you mix it with a liquid hydration drink... It's got minerals and stuff in it on those really hot and humid days

[@cmdv42]

que legal!!! 🦾💯✨

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Obrigado!

[@EJA-ym1rm]

Another great video Nick! Loved it and watched twice. I liked the part where you talked about the touching moment when the dog came back to find you. I remember when I had MY first beer. Speaking of the libations you two enjoyed, one question came immediately to mind......Do they have DWI laws in Portugal? And that next day when you felt like a Zombie? Here in the States we call that a hangover. Cheers and well done!

[@glennwhitlock1272]

Hi, Nick and Charlie. Loving the boyscout look. Also loved the shot of the subaquatic dunes but I'll give that footy 'pitch' a 1/10 😃. I was impressed and pleased that you stayed off the booze, but then you let me down. Having said that, I would have just stayed at the restaurant and ordered another round. Well done.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Hahaha, what's a birthday without a bit of booze! Cheers, Glenn.

[@michaelmeer4587]

I fall in love with yr glasses😂

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks I like 'em too. Sadly they're degrading fast...

[@susanhighfield3370]

Brilliant film, loved it.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks Susan! 👍🏼

[@lucchese20]

Another wonderful video! Thanks to Nick, Charlie and the fellas for bringing us along. I visited Tavira, now, three times and recalling seeing footpaths next to the rail line so I appreciate much of the area shown-albeit from a different perspective. If it was me, I’d probably walk from Tavira to Pedras d’el Rei and take the bus back. 😂😂😂 Someone off topic, is the mountain visible on the right at 8:34, Sao Miguel (@ 410 meters)? I see it everywhere in the eastern Algarve. Cheers. 👏🏻

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Yup, that's it! Nice to hear from you again.

[@lucchese20]

@@AlgarveAddicts Thanks Nick for your work. I see Sao Miguel all the time but was never exactly sure which peak that was! Appreciate your reply and great work. 👍🏻

[@libertinoradio4597]

Enjoying your vids, getting some local gen before we arrive. Thank you. If I hear a tall chap with a S. African (or thereabouts) accent I know who to get a beer.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Thanks 👍🏼

[@kylemcelroy8217]

Nick, I loved this video. My wife and I, plus our dog will be coming to the area in September for three months. I've walked some of the Rota Vicentima and want to walk some of the coast where we'll be. We'll be near Tavira. One question maybe you can help with is about dogs on the train. Can our dog ride the train that runs along the Algarve coast? I've seen different answers. Hoping you can provide some insight. Thanks for the great video!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Hi Kyle, thanks for watching! You can get all the info about dogs on train here (from the horse's mouth, so to speak) www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/how-to-travel/Useful-information/travelling-with-pets

[@kylemcelroy8217]

@@AlgarveAddicts that is great. Obrigado!

[@graceclermont2592]

Very nice I hope Thay gave water to the dogs 😮

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Of course! We talk about that quite a lot in the video.

[@ZONEPRESSLLC]

No way I could do the second half after those beverages.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

We kinda struggled...

[@Pedro1992.1]

Hi nick what’s is called that neighborhood at 7:30? Thank you, another great solid content.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Maybe Luz de Tavira? There wasn't much going at 7:30

[@Pedro1992.1]

@@AlgarveAddicts I meant that neighborhood name by the water. 😅

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Pedras del Rei

[@EJA-ym1rm]

Also, I couldn't quite hear the audio but did you refer to your banana hammock as a budgie smudger?

[@AlgarveAddicts]

I did.

[@davidwebber6956]

Nick. Could you do a video about how planning consent works in portugal or link to some one . So would it be possible to buy land and build a house in Fuzeta as maybe its still affordable?

[@AlgarveAddicts]

There are so many variables involved, this kind of thing needs to be done on a case by case basis. We could consult on it for you though. Get in touch.

[@davidwebber6956]

@AlgarveAddicts better than that I'll buy you a beer as I'm over about dec20th to mid March. 🍻🍺

[@Kevz8611]

This is nuts. 27kms in a single day. Lol. You did look pretty beaten towards the end.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

I was... and the next day 😂

[@Kevz8611]

@@AlgarveAddicts Seemed like your hiking buddy could do another 10 more km. LOL, Maybe he isn't from earth. Need to call the Men In Black.

[@laurap.5804]

Medronho and after a walk under a 36 degrees? You crazy!!!!

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Absolutely 😎👍🏼

[@maryclairesdad1]

How is the government regarding Euro Stability, political environment, WHO mandates and WEF world view? Been to Portugal for a total of 4 weeks over the last 3 years and love it, but concerned about the long term prospects.

[@AlgarveAddicts]

It's been pretty good for the last twenty years. Let's hope it continues. I think you'll need to do some deep political research to satisfy your curiosity. Unfortunately politics is not really my bag.

[@briansvendsen7575]

I thought there would be wild dogs on the remote parts, but obviously not? ...

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Wild dogs? You mean like in Africa?

[@briansvendsen7575]

@@AlgarveAddicts Yeah sorry my ignorance :) .. We spend 5 weeks in Cascais in 05, and they had a few packs running around .. so hence my question

[@AlgarveAddicts]

Aaah okay, yes occasionally there are groups of dogs strolling around in villages.

[@patrickmcnally1532]

"Mad dogs and Englishmen out in the midday sun"! Only you Nick are a South African from Cape Town. You should be used to the heat!