The beaches of Albufeira are beautiful but OMG has the place changed since my last visit 35yrs ago. Not sure if it's because we were there over a weekend but almost every single bar/restaurant in both Sao Joao and Albufeira were full of drunken (mostly English) men on stag parties. I can't imagine what the evenings are like as we only visited during the day. There are some lovely bars and restaurants to choose from just maybe go during the week when the stag parties have gone home. The hop on hop off tourist train is a great way to get around for only 8 euros all day.

It was quite nice with good beaches and lots of places to eat.

Amazing region, lots of bars and amazing places.

Have stayed in area many times because it is easy to avoid the commercial side of tourism and find the little gems Portugal has hidden away.