Ok, it’s predictable I know, but how could I have a home in the Algarve and NOT love beaches?  There’s nothing I like better than an amble along the beach, picking up the occasional shell for the collection.  Flat, calm and twinkly in the sunlight, or raging and frothing, I love being beside the sea.

So where better than Portugal, with its wrap around beaches, north to south?  I’m starting in the east and going west, with a few impressions of the beaches that I love.  Click on the photo or here to read more…