Sagres is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of Europe, in Barlavento, western Algarve, a beach destination with some nice churches, lighthouses and forts.

Understand

This is the alleged location of the nautical school first developed by Prince Henry the Navigator in the early 1400s. The school itself is vanished; In May 1587, Sir Francis Drake disembarked 800 men who assaulted the Sagres fortress. After two hours of intense combat, the fortress was destroyed and its artillery was pillaged.

Get in

Faro international airport, the second busiest in Portugal, is the only airport in the Algarve region.

Get around

By car

See

• 1 Fortress.  
• 2 Promontory.  
• Museum. 
• 3 Cape of St. Vincent. Europe's southwestern corner.  
• 4 Lighthouse. (updated Nov 2020)

Do

Beaches nearby

• Paintball Clube (Paint), Vila do Bispo. A paintball Club in Vila do Bispo 

Eat

• Colombus Bar Pizza, Rua S. Vicente (Praça republica-mareta). Home Made pizzas, cocktais, breakfast 
• Bossa Nova Pizzeria, Rua Comandante Matoso, ☏ +351 282624566. The best pizzas in town 
• 1 pisco, Rua Comandante Matoso 2, Vila do Bispo (Center, at a corner of Praça da República), ☏ +351 282 096 741, ✉ piscovdb@gmail.com. Vegetarian Italian restaurant with all dishes cooked with natural ingredients. Lunch menu of the day is cheap and good. €5-10. (updated May 2019)

Drink

• A Sagres, Sítio do Tonel, ☏ +351 282624171. 
• Dromedário Bar, Rua Comandante Matoso. 
• Água Salgada, Rua Comandante Matoso, ☏ +351 282 624 297. 

Sleep

• The Aparthotel Navigator Rua Infante D. Henrique .
• Mareta Beach Hotel. Has 18 double rooms fully equipped with air conditioning, plasma tv with satellite, minibar, phone and en-suite bathroom, 14 of them also have sea views. 
• Mareta View. Overlooks the white sand of Mareta beach 
• Memmo Baleeira, Sitio da Baleeira (near the port of Baleeira), ☏ +351 282624212, ✉ hotel@memmobaleeira.com. Nice and clean design hotel in Sagres with ocean views. 
• Navigator (Hotel Apartamentos), Rua Infante D. Henrique, ☏ +351 282 624 354. Side by side to Pousada 
• Pousada de Sagres, Rua Infante D. Henrique, ☏ +351 282 620 240, fax: +351 282 624 225, ✉ recepcao.infante@pousadas.pt. Nice position on the cliff-top overlooking Sagres Fort and the lighthouse of Cape St Vicent. 
• 1 Residência Quinta do Poço, N268, ☏ +351 917720875, ✉ residenciaquintapoco@gmail.com. Calm and relaxing vibe. Double with bathroom 30 €. 

Go next

• Costa Vicentina Natural Park
• Lagos
• Silves
• Monchique
• Salema
• Alvor