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Full Day Alvor Day Trip: Experience Portuguese Naval Heritage onboard Traditional Wood Sail Boats
4.9
98 Ratings
Lagos
Experience Portuguese naval heritage onboard traditional wood sail boats. Our knowledgeable crew ensures that your trip is the highlight of your holiday. Book now!
Experience Portuguese naval heritage onboard traditional wood sail boats. Our knowledgeable crew ensures that your trip is the highlight of your holiday. Book now!
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Marina de Lagos - Embark from Lagos and venture into the ocean towards the west.
- Ponta da Piedade - This natural cove, known as Pity Point, showcases breathtaking rock formations, caves, and grottos sculpted by nature.
- Meia Praia - After visiting Ponta da Piedade, travel east past Meia Praia, a vast 5km stretch of stunning sands. “Half…
- Marina de Lagos - Embark from Lagos and venture into the ocean towards the west.
- Ponta da Piedade - This natural cove, known as Pity Point, showcases breathtaking rock formations, caves, and grottos sculpted by nature.
- Meia Praia - After visiting Ponta da Piedade, travel east past Meia Praia, a vast 5km stretch of stunning sands. “Half Beach” Meia Praia is a bay connecting Lagos to Alvor, offering a delightful sailing experience with picturesque views and a refreshing breeze.
- Ria de Alvor Nature Reserve - The Alvor Estuary is renowned for its pristine waters and the seafood it yields. This area is rich in wildlife, from water to sky, and is a favorite spot for windsurfers who often entertain and may even join the boat as it passes.
- Alvor - Disembark here for 3.5 hours to explore the charming fishing village of Alvor, known for its excellent restaurants. With the boarding pass, enjoy discounts at selected bars and restaurants. Later, rejoin the beautiful boat for a return journey to Lagos.
What's Included
- Bottled water included
- On-board restrooms available
- Bottled water included
- On-board restrooms available
Additional Information
Our sailing vessels are akin to mobile maritime museums, playing a significant role in Portugal’s naval history. They’re built using traditional techniques, with all-wood constructions that contribute to their superior stability and safety. These vessels are not just easily accessible, but also child-proof! Our passionate and informed team always…
Our sailing vessels are akin to mobile maritime museums, playing a significant role in Portugal’s naval history. They’re built using traditional techniques, with all-wood constructions that contribute to their superior stability and safety. These vessels are not just easily accessible, but also child-proof! Our passionate and informed team always strives to make your journey the most memorable part of your vacation. Since our inception in 2014, we’ve seen a consistent return of clients, a testament to our service, which we always welcome with open arms.
- We receive many travellers with limited movement who are less abled bodied and require a wheelchair or walking aids.
Location
Av. dos Descobrimentos 5
Avenida dos Descobrimentos
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(98 Ratings)
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T8975zialisonp
Oct 14, 2025
Simpley Excellent - loved being on board trigana a traditional sailing boat. Shelley the rep is so, friendly lovely and helpful. She explained the trip and got us excited. Once on board we were looked after by Pedro and Elliott. There are an awesome duo, they made us laugh all the way to lagos and back. The boat only holds 12 people which was fab, a much personal experience than on the bigger boats. Loved every minute ❤️ can highly recommend 👌
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Magnetikpulse
Oct 5, 2025
Amazing Experience - My friend and I choose to go on a trip with Trigana to lagos. Elliott and Pedro were fantastic,so friendly and knowledgeable about the island and area. They showed us the caves and told us all about the bays and how they got their names. So interesting. Then on the way back they put the sails up. Totally magical being propelled by the elements. Also got to stand up front as we sailed.
It was the highlight of our week.
Thank you boys. ( And Tyson and Mike)
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Justinmcc
Sep 27, 2025
Trip from Alvor to Lagos - Took the round trip to Lagos from Alvor, with a three hour stop in Lagos. Journey on slow boat as opposed to speedboat meant for a much more relaxing trip with lovely views. Great friendly crew, kept us informed about the area and what we would see and were attentive and interesting throughout the whole trip. Stopped to do some dolphin watching and crew showed geninue care for the dolphins, moving away from them when they were feeding. Great trip around the caves at Lagos, stopped at the marina and we had three hours to explore beautiful Lagos, then back to Alvor and some sangria on board on our return journey. Highly recommended.
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Kings
Sep 26, 2025
If you want to explore the cost line and visit Lagos, then this is the trip for you. - Done the boat trip the other day from 9.30 in the morning to 2pm in the afternoon. This is a must do in you are staying in Alvor. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the Algarve. Lagos was a great place to explore, eat and have something to drink.
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J8155njrobertn
Sep 23, 2025
Great fun and informative - Excellent trip on a lovely stable old boat. Crew explained history of area and took us on a tour of the caves. We had a leisurely afternoon in Lagos and then were picked up travelling back to Alvor under full sail which was peaceful and also thrilling. Experienced enhanced by a few glasses of Sangria nad watching Elliot fall off the dock!
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Explorer59854779534
Sep 22, 2025
Boat trip Alvor to Lagos, return - Pedro and Elliot were excellent right from the start, very friendly, welcoming and funny with some of their stories. We even got a complimentary glass of Sangria in the way. Ack and got to get to know Tyson the dog and his friend who were super friendly. Sailing back by sail from Lagos to Alvor was very special, a trip well worth taking. Highly recommended. 👍
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Gibbkar
Sep 22, 2025
Fun, informative, safe and relaxed boat trip with Elliot and Pedros - Both Elliot and Pedro were fantastic on our boat trip today. The wooden sailing boat is lovely and Pedros is a very skilled skipper. A fun time on board and a good walk around Lagos. Can highly recommend.
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401tinap
Sep 20, 2025
Alvor to Lagos sailing trip - Had a fantastic trip across to Lagos from Alvor on a traditional Portuguese sailing boat with Pedro the lovely skipper . Very informative about the local area as we sailed along the coastline. Also Shelly and Maria who work the kiosk were both so friendly and helpful without being at all pushy. Would highly recommend this company for their attention to detail and safety protocols . All in all a lovely day out
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Rhonac754
Sep 19, 2025
Great day trip - Always such a lovely trip from Lagos to Alvoor. Once there enjoy a stroll around all the shops up the hill. Enjoy lunch on the harbour at one of the lovely seafood restaurants.
On the daily back watch the kite surfers do their stuff - and envy their ability.
Nice way to spend a day out of Lagos.
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Global59808986224
Sep 18, 2025
Return trip to Lagos from Alvor - Went on a return trip from Alvor to Lagos on Saturday Sept 13th, 2025 with these guys and have to say it was brilliant from start to finish, The crew, Pedro, Elliott etc were great fun and even took us around the Ponta Da Piedade caves as an added bonus.
Make sure you check these guys out, you wont regret it
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