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Sat 06 Jun 2009Falling for the Algarve
CHARLIE TAYLORis pleasantly surprised to discover a world away from the tourist-choked beaches of many Iberian resorts, while CONOR POWERdelights his children by taking them on a pirate ship
THE REALISATION that I might have somehow misjudged the Algarve came while taking a stroll along a near-deserted beach one evening. As I gazed up at a cloudless sky while the sea trickled slowly over my feet, it struck me that this place wasn’t nearly as bad as I’d imagined it might be.
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