Quinta Zurreira

With animal experiences, ziplines and pedal karts, Krazy World (10 minutes’ drive) should keep families well and truly entertained. Kids can make friends with the fluffy animals in the petting farm, handle exotic snakes and feed tortoises, before going for a pony ride or a game of miniature golf. Are you brave enough to face the Kamikaze waterslide at Aqualand Algarve (20 minutes)? Don’t worry if not, because you can still have a ball at this vast waterpark with a wave pool, lazy river and a shallow pool with child-friendly water play kit. Crowded beaches or not, the coast of the Algarve really is quite magnificent and well worth a visit. Check out the sandy expanse of Praia da Galé (Leste), the cove of Praia dos Arrifes, sheltered by a sequence of rugged sea stacks, or the red cliffs dominating Praia da Falésia.