Algarve base – Faro, Lagos or Albufeira? Am heading to Portugal with my wife for our first visit in March. Will be visiting Lisbon/Porto etc. but out inward and outward flights are from Faro, so we’d like to have a few days at either end in the Algarve. I’m wondering which is the best place to base ourselves? The aim is mainly relaxation. What I’m looking for is: Some decent accomoda…

Portugal: train from Lisbon to Albufeira I used a travel agent (located out of the US) to book hotels and trains, so all of our communication has been in email. We are traveling from Lisbon (Lisboa-Oriente station) to Pine Cliff Resort in Albufeira. He booked our ticket to depart the train in Faro. But it seems that there’s a station called Albufeira-Ferreiras, which is closer to our h…