Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: DonM on March 05, 2017, 17:02:18 PM
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We are coming to the end of our 5 month winter stay at Barao Sao Joao near Lagos on the western Algarve. It has gone a lot better than we dared hope for.
The weather has been very mild never dropping below 2-3C, mainly in the mid/high teens most of the time. There has been no extremes of temperature like we had in Kaya. The ambient temperature has been higher and more even.
Food shopping has been on a par with the UK. We shopped mainly at Aldi's and Lidl. It was very nice to get some decent pork products.
We were surprised by the number of tourists about all winter, at the UK half term weeks the place was crowded with many young families. The cottage we rented is fully booked this summer.
Eating out was a lot more expensive than in Fethiye, and there was not the range of restaurants. We were very lucky that the village we stayed in had a very good restaurant, very popular with the locals. We would have a drink/main course/ coffee for about €20.
You can't compare Lagos with Fethiye they are so different. Each has its own attractions. Portugal on GMT is a big plus and the driving is somewhat easier to cope with.
We hope to be back in Lagos for next winter. We have not given up on Fethiye hopefully we might get back there for a holiday in the shoulder season.
DonM
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Good to hear from you DonM. Sounds like you have had a good winter over there.
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Thanks for the update Don, sounds good, we used to have a time share in that area and gave it up when we got our place in Calis. Might go back one day.
Safe journey home
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Hi Don! Lovely to hear from you again. Sounds like you've had another fantastic winter stay. So jealous! :D 8)
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Good to hear from you Don!
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Sounds good. Just booked for October again. Not too far from Lagos :)
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We were in Lagos for coffee this morning and it was very hot in sun. Locals were looking for the shade and the tourists all sitting in the sun. Our café was very busy the waiters never stopped.
Were are you staying in October?
Don
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Wow i like the sound of that for early March very hot in the sun 8) think we will look into a trip here next year as hubby is retiring this summer, also sorts out the visa issue of being in Turkey too much...
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This is the forecast for the next 10 days
http://www.yr.no/place/Portugal/Faro/Lagos/long.html