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Lagos, Portugal 🇵🇹
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Chris Cerra
February 23, 2024
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What is Lagos, Portugal like for Digital Nomads?
Find out in this Digital Nomad Trip Report from Sam, covering 6 weeks spent in this gem along the Algarve 💎
📆 Time Spent
6 Weeks
👥 Traveling As
Couple - Without Pets
📍 Location / Area
Lagos Old Town
🏡 Accommodation
2-bedroom apartment (Airbnb)
🌐 Internet / Working
Wifi was excellent in our Airbnb, no problems for 2 of us working from there
Limited access to coworking and laptop-friendly cafes. You can work from a cafe called Black & White (in the old town) but they have limited spaces to work from in the cafe (only the bar stools in the window)
🗣️ Language: Portuguese
While you can generally communicate in English, it's always appreciated to make an effort to learn some key phrases so here are some basics to get you by...
Por favor (Please) & Obrigado (if you're male) / Obrigada (if you're female) - Thank you.
Sim (Yes) & Não (No)
Olá (Hello) & Adeus (Goodbye)
You may pick up the language more easily if you know Spanish or Italian. If not, English is widely spoken!
🌤️ Weather
During our stay from February to April, we mostly woke up to clear skies and pleasant temperatures.
The wind tended to pick up in the afternoon, so having a light jacket handy for the evenings is recommended.
The sunsets are magical all along the coast, so if you have a clear day, I recommend heading to Ponta da Piedade for the most incredible show of the sunsetting as well as the birds dancing in the dusky pink sky!
Things to do
Boat Trip: You will see the most scenic coastline, and carefully enter the caves from the Ocean which is incredible!
Some tours will offer snorkelling and dolphin watching (it gets quite rough on the Atlantic Ocean but if you are fine with boats then this is a great afternoon out!)Beaches: There are MANY beaches but here are my top 3: Praia Dona Ana, Meia Praia & Praia do Camilo.
You should also head to Praia da Batata which is just behind the old city walls.
Worth noting that a lot of the beaches are accessible via stairs only.Coastal Walk: There are many of these, but my favourite is the trail starting at Praia da Luz and ending in Lagos Old Town.
It's a coastal trail covers 10.5 kilometers one way. A breathtaking journey along the coast.
As someone who doesn't hike often, this is a moderate walk suitable for all skill levels, so take your time and enjoy the stunning views along the way.
📈 Best things
Affordable food
Nomad Community
It's a walkable town
📉 Worst things
Not many speciality coffee roasters in the town
Not a huge amount of coworking spaces, or laptop-friendly cafes
Anything Else?
There was a weekly nomad meet-up every Tuesday (in the Marina) and I was not expecting much for a small town but over 70+ nomads attended the weekly meetup.
This became a great way to meet people and from there, I learnt that that there was also a weekly volleyball meet-up which was so much fun! People play together, all day in Praia da Luz (all experiences welcome).
The town only really comes alive from 1st March as before that, a lot of shops and restaurants are closed so when I go back again, I'll know not to go till March time and recommend that you do the same.
Sunsets over Lagos Old Town 🌆
✅ Go here if…
You want to access a community of digital nomads and make friends
You love walking along a coastline filled with cliff-like golden rocks
You love beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
Being a town SO close to the coast means watching the sun rise and set every day and they are some of the best I've seen.
Think, blue, orange, and pink skies all mushed together like a watercolour painting - They’re beautiful!
❌ Avoid here if…
You hate beach towns and need more big-city living
You're scared of Pidgeons or Seaguls (Lagos is on the beachfront, so there are a LOT of birds!)
You need endless cafes or coworking spaces (there aren't many available but thankfully I was able to work well from my Airbnb and head out to the weekly meet-ups to meet people instead of the usual coworking networking!)
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See you back here next Friday with a fresh Digital Nomad Trip Report 🔵 until then…
👏 A Big Thank You To…
Sam, from England, for submitting this report!
Sam writes the allthingsremote.work blog and the All Things Remote Newsletter - sent monthly! 📥️
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