Albufeira (from Arabic ‘Al-Buhera’ - Castle of a Sea) is famous for its beaches, rocks and cliffs. City itself is surrounded by three beaches: Peneco, Pescadores and Inatel. And certainly, it is associated with almond, fig, orange and pine trees, chimneys and ochre tiled roofs. You will find wonderful fish restaurants with smiling and polite waiters, Fado competition on the main square, bikers gathering from all over the world, joyful discos, ocean, which is almost always heavy... and often too cold to swim there, but, nevertheless, very beautiful and charming.

There is a good choice of cheap Albufeira hotels, from which it is convenient to walk to the sea, beaches, all local sights and other tourist pleasures. Cheap hotels in Albufeira usually have terraces for breakfast with wonderful views. Any cheap Albufeira hotel, in traditional local or modern style, will provide you with relaxing atmosphere, gardens, swimming pools, tennis courts, mini golf and children’s playgrounds. You may also choose an apartment in Albufeira with all the beauty of impressive Portuguese architecture with Moorish influence, where you’ll find classic rooms and will be sure of the ultimate comfort.

 Budget accommodations in Albufeira are famous for their seafood cuisine. Like everywhere in Portugal, seafood is the specialty of most of the dozens of restaurants and hotels in Albufeira. You’ll be able to savor sardines, flounder and bass, lobster and prawns. A true local dish is Caldeirada, a stew made up of several types of fish, cooked up with potatoes, peppers and parsley.
 Shopping fans will be glad to visit shopping plaza - the Modelo Centre in Rua de Municipio, north of downtown, and Algarve Shopping Complex in Guia, where a person will be surprised not only with brand name shoes and clothes, but with restaurants, an English-language cinema and bowling-alley. At night, myriads of bars and restaurants open their doors. On certain days of the year there are local festivals with live folk music and fireworks. 

 In addition to all aforementioned, the even more interesting things are hidden the other side of ancient fortress walls: the Old City, still keeping a certain atmosphere of the Middle Ages...

 In Albufeira the land suddenly ends and waves of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea collide under hundred-year cliffs. Their swirling far below is a memorable sight that will ever remind a person, who has been there, of Albufeira: the ancient city, with ever-young temper, boiling with life.