Exploring the Algarve: Portugal’s Own Goa!
We are in Portugal and in today's video, we will take you on another beautiful road trip in the Algarve region of Portugal. In this region, the most beautiful beaches in the world are found and this is a popular summer beach destination but even in winters, it is no less than a paradise. In today's video, we will see a very unique village of Portugal the world famous coastline here, Europe's last sunset, and end with Lagos' crazy New Year celebration.
So let's start. Where have we come? Hello, good morning. Good morning from a remote village somewhere in the south of Portugal. I think the video you have seen before is of Madeira Island. After Madeira Island, we went to Lisbon and Porto. It's been more than a week.
But we didn't make a video in the meantime. So first of all, what we will do in this video, we are basically in the south of Portugal, let me show you the map, in the Algarve region. We are doing a small road trip there. And there are 3 days left in the New Year.
I don't know, I think the video will come in February or March. And it's a very chill trip. Because we are not alone, we are with our wife. The village we are in now, we thought of starting the video from here.
Because this village is very interesting. The name of this village is Pedralva. But Aldia da Pedralva, Slow Village.
Now the story of this village is that at one time, there were 100 people living in this village. But like every village in the world, the people here started moving towards the cities. And in 2006, only 9 people were left in this village of 50 houses. So this village was dying. But then some friends living in Lisbon, who liked this place very much, they decided to save this village through tourism. So for 2 years, they searched all over the world, wherever there would be the owners, or the children of the owner, or the grandchildren of the owner.
And here they were able to buy 30 houses. 20 houses are still of someone else. I mean, I saw some of them are for sale there. Some villagers still live here.
There are 2 restaurants here. One restaurant is also theirs, I think. The one who is running this place, is of a villager. Then once they got this house, they reused the material of this place. And restored the furniture of this place.
So that along with the rural aesthetics, the soul of the village also remained intact. In Portugal, I understood that wherever you go, I think in the whole of Europe, especially because we see in Goa, the Portuguese houses have a very beautiful architecture. So I mean, in the whole of Portugal, wherever you go, there is a crazy scene of aesthetics.
And they, I mean, Instagram people will go crazy here. It is a very good room of 7,000. I think it is 1BHK. It is made like a mud house. And there is no network, no TV. There is Wi-Fi, although.
And in 2010, it is written here, I am reading it and telling you. In 2010, the municipality here, also joined this project, that we have to revive our cultural heritage. And now I think this is a very good house. I mean, it is winter now, it is a little off-season. So the place was easily found.
But apparently, it remains quite sold out. What a beautiful village! There are such cottages here. And it is very beautiful.
Very aesthetic. This is the housekeeping area. The one you saw, that's the tailor. Hello.
Good morning. Are you done? Yes. Get down and leave.
Our room is locked. We told Anjali to come out for a photo shoot. So the room is locked.
Are you room service? We locked our room by mistake. The key was inside. Can you let us in? What's fun until some mishap? What happened? The key was inside. Oh. The key was inside.
Yes. You are speaking in Hindi here. This was the first village we met, where we didn't meet Indian people. The key was inside. Yes. Thank you.
Thank you. The key was inside. Yes, it was inside.
It was inside like this. Yes. We are from Delhi. Where are you from? We are from Delhi.
Where in Delhi? We live in Gurgaon. I am from Lucknow and she is from Meerut. I am from Delhi. Okay. How long have you been here? It's been 6 years.
Oh. In this place. In this place? Yes.
Good. Good life. I am from Shadra. You are from Shadra? Yes.
You can go anywhere in Portugal. You can go to any remote place. You will find Indians. You can go to any remote place.
There was a voice from behind. Yes, the keys are still inside. So this is first. This is a mud house. It's like a mud house right.
And it is very well made. It's cozy. It's used. Yes, it's used, not dirty. It's very white.
Very good scenes. They have kept a lot of aesthetics on top too. I was reading that everything here is restored. And this is very good, it is made of stone.
There is a heater at the back but it warms you up very well. There was such a good sunlight in the morning. Because the sun rose from the front. And there was a slight flickering light here.
Yellow yellow. So there is a basic kitchen too. I mean, we haven't done anything in the kitchen till date. But yes, our best friend Boroplus. I had written to Boroplus people. I want to do an ad because I have been using it since childhood.
They said we only do it with female influence. I said, Boroplus, 90% of your audience will be male. I think so.
Yes, female is very different. I mean, you go to the female washroom. What all is kept there. So many types of cream Chemistry lab is made. I mean, it's full aesthetic.
It's a great painting. This is what I want to have And it's good overall. Very good ROI actually.
You won't get this in Goa for Rs. 7000. There is a house being constructed here. I think more people are shifting now. The people who live here are locals. In this house.
The one below us This village is so beautiful. There is a post office here. You can post here.
I mean, everything is so aesthetic. There is a village feel too. But there is also a vibe. There is a beautiful lane going from here.
What a great photo opportunity we have here. I think there are 30 houses in total. And the rest of the people are locals. There is a restaurant here.
This is a place for pizza and pasta. That's all there is in the village. I mean, there is another lane. But this is it.
Let's go around once more after keeping the luggage It's good. There is a lot of emphasis on aesthetics. I found this concept very good.
This concept may be in more places too I read somewhere that there are small villages like this . in Europe, being refurbished for tourism But we can do it. Although we don't have anu abandoned places in India But I think to promote tourism. In Rajasthan, Goa, Himachal. Small villages with 100 to 200 people.
We can do this. Husky has come. This is the parking lot. This is our car Yes, this is Mercedes CLA. Crazy scenes. If I tell you the rent, you will be shocked.
Look at the space. It is very long And it is very comfortable to drive. So we have left the village. Now we are going to have breakfast. Anuja ji is driving crazy.
Are you enjoying driving Mercedes? Yes. What a drive! I thought Mini Cooper was great. This is brilliant. We will show you at night. There is neon light at night. It is still on. But it is not visible.
My shoes were shining. This is Fiat Panda convertible. You can get it for Rs. 1000 per day. In fact, Fiat 500 is available for Rs. 500 per day. On that you will take insurance of Rs. 700-800.
Let's give you some car rental details. Before this, we bought Mini Cooper Convertible in Madeira for Rs. 4800 per day with insurance. But here the same car was for Rs. 8000 per day. And our budget was a little less. But while scrolling through Discover Cars, we saw this Mercedes CLA 250 Hybrid. Which was available for Rs. 2100 per day.
And with insurance, it cost us Rs. 19000 for 6 days. Which according to me is a very crazy price for this car. That too during the New Year. Now whichever website you rent the car from, do check the rating of the supplier. I rented this car from Rent A Star Faro, whose reviews were very good.
And because the car was premium, its security deposit was also premium. Around Rs. 1,90,000. Now one problem here was that I don't have a credit card.
And this deposit is taken only from the credit card. So I swiped my forex card as a credit card. Because of which I had to mail my Indian bank 2-3 times. And it took me about 28 days to get the deposit.
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It's a national park type, with a lot of beaches, it's very nice, it's a very beautiful type. It's very good to ride a bike, because you can see a lot of bikers in Calça. We don't have a bike, we have a Mercedes. We have rented it, but it's okay.
We will ride a bike, we will come sometime. Look at this map, it's a 3D map. And look at that water, the water is flowing like this. The houses here are very nice.
Beautiful houses. must be cheaper than Goa even How is the house? It's crooked. Why did you fall there? This looks like a good place.
There are a lot of holiday vibes here. Every time, exactly 100% parking is full The weather is good. Oh, a goat. How does the goat look? It's standing there. Very dangerous.
The waves are really good. It looks like surfing waves. What is a goat doing here? Is this Goat Ronaldo? Hello. We'll shoot with phone now The SD card is full.
Hello. Hello. What are you doing here? Hello. Where are you going? Look at that. What a beautiful way to go to the beach. What a beautiful view.
People are surfing. The forts here are very small. The sky is so blue. Not a single cloud is visible.
This is a 400-year-old fort. It's amazing. Crazy scenes. Anuja ji, what are you looking at? Put it down. What do you see in the sky?
I can see a lot of colors. Earlier, I could see it in the glasses. But now, I can see everything. This is the beach here. Arafina. Very beautiful.
People are surfing even in winter. It looks like a village. There is a lot of surfing going on. There is a lot of enjoyment going on. Anuja ji is taking us to the sea The beach over there. I think we should go there Let's see what comes.
There is a river. Connecting to the sea. Very nice.
Nice. Beautiful river. Beautiful beach. Beautiful ocean. It's nice.
It feels like a holiday. This is the Algarve scene. Come in the summer. Go to the beach. For a month.
Stay in the campervan. Stay on the beach. Outdoor life.
We are dangerous players. We will go to the beach from somewhere else. In winter. Enjoying the beach WanderDa The sand is very cold. In the cold sand.
Anuja ji doesn't need support. Anuja ji is independent. We are dependent on Anuja ji The paramotor guys have taken over the beach. It feels so good.
People are flying everywhere. And making sounds. Anuja ji, do you want to do paramotoring? Yes.
It will take time to learn. Nice. We are on the beach now.
Is it cold? Is it cold? Now we are going to the westmost point of Portugal. But it's not the westmost point. But still it is kind of one corner of Europe. The southwest end of Europe.
We are almost at the end of Europe. A few months ago we were at the other end of the Eurasian continent In Japan. And now we are at this end of the Eurasian continent. There is no logic.
There is a fort here. There are many forts here. Among the Portuguese forts that we have seen so far, the craziest one is the Chapora Fort in Goa. The name of Chapora was Shahapura.
It was a Muslim name but when the Portuguese came, they captured it That's when it was changed from Shahapura to Chapora. Not 100% sure. But we have made a video in Goa. When we had 600 subscribers. We told you about it. We don't remember it now.
But look at this. What an otherworldly landscape. Where have we come? We have come to a corner of the world. There is a sea there. There is a sea here.
Let's see till the end. We have reached the end of Europe. and we still can't find a parking There are a lot of Pajis at the end of Europe. They will also end Europe. We reached the end of Japan, the world, Now we reached the end of Europe.
This time we have rented cars. But we will also come by motorcycle soon. It's a small one. You can see it from a distance. Shout out to the pen woman. Who gave us this sticker.
This is it. This is one corner of Europe. It's very crowded.
I mean it's very crowded. A lot of people have come. The boat is also going. Oh wow! The last sunset of Europe. It's a very touristy environment.
This is the end of Europe. Not metaphorically. But geographically. We are in a small city in the Algarve region of South Portugal.
Today is New Year's Eve. We will celebrate New Year. We will show you the New Year celebration ahead. But before that we are going to the Marina area. We have booked a tour there. There is a Benagil cave here.
It's a two-hour tour. 3000 INR per head. 6000 INR for two. I think it's time. It's a 2 o'clock tour. It's 1 o'clock. There are 2-3 popular beaches here.
We visited them but didn't make any video It's a chill casual trip. And this is our crazy 3000 rs per day car CLA 250 e And we came to know that That day we opened the petrol tank. So the petrol cap opened.
And here the electric one also opened. So this is the first time I have seen that Electric car and petrol are also there. A different level hybrid. Anuja ji will drive the car. Crazy heavy driver. I think greatest 3000 INR per day ever spent.
Although we did not drive the car all day yesterday. We went to the supermarket. We've been cooking for 2 days Because food is so expensive.
Although we have spent the same amount on cooking. Spent a lot. But the food is not good.
And we got bored. After eating pizza, pasta and burger for two weeks. And look at this. Look at the quality. I think the quality of the rear camera is better than this camera And at night, you can't see anything.
And on this, it feels liks ISO 4000-5000 The car fails the Mini Cooper. We were happy with the Mini Cooper, but this is too good! They're so color coordinated This side is all old town. This is all marina area. You can park anywhere. Look how clear the water is. It's looking good.
Are you ready for the New Year fireworks? Yes. It's going to be like this today. Today I saw a reel.
I don't know how accurate it is. I got to know how many kilos of meat is consumed in the world. So octopus is more than goat. Look at this, it's shaped like an octopus. It's an art. I think this is the bridge that goes up.
Right? So that the boats can go. Because the boats are so high. like Midtown Madness game Look, magnificent art. In old houses. Anuja ji is examining the art.
Indian food This is the market of 1924. they only sell fish Look at this, the stairs are going somewhere. What is this? Why does it look like this? Dissavaccio. You don't speak in front of the camera. You don't know what I'd put out in the video Where are you going? She left. I think this is more of an adventure than a cave.
This is a boat ride. It always happens with a speedboat. It's dangerous. Two people here. All good? Good.
Here on the left side, we have the biggest beach here in Lagos. Maya Praia. Okay? Okay. Oh my God.
The Benagil Cave is 22 km from here. Anuja ji, are you enjoying? It's like a gimble. Oh my God. Don't get ejected. Don't get ejected. We were looking for a place here.
I think this is the most beautiful town here. This is the pirate boat. Portuguese were also pirates who came to India This looks like a very nice beach. Beautiful.
This is the Benagil Cave. That beach looks so beautiful. How does it feel to see the cave? Anuja ji is happy to see the Bengali cave.
We can go from the top as well. Let's go from the top and see. Okay, bye-bye Bengali cave. Look at this, it's a holiday type beach. It feels like a holiday here.
Jack Sparrow's boat The window you see over there becomes a bar during the summer. It's a very beautiful beach. We will go inside this cave.
As Anu Malik has said, come to the caves. We like the caves here a lot. If you have seen our videos, then you must also know. More caves.
Oh man, the eyes of God. We are in the cave. It's a nice cave. And the beach looks so beautiful. How was it Anuja ji? It was fun.
Going there was fun. Yes, coming here was not fun? No. What's your rating? 7.
Anuja ji has given 7. If you come to Algarve, the top activity here is the Bengali cave. It got 7 out of 10. And I think it is a very apt rating. Very good Anuja ji.
What kind of program is this? Furio is cold. Muy Furio. Do you know what this is? 95 degrees. Very hot.
Okay, what do we have to select? Morno 40. Okay. Now we are going to see the sunset. So much free parking Where should we park? Are you ready? To see the last sunset of the year? Yes. Let's go. We are going to Ponta de Pedade.
There will be sunset from there. These are the small islands. Sunrise would be beautiful here Sunrise will be from there. People are going down.
Last sunset of the year. Happy, happy new year. Anuja ji. The sun is setting. Look at this. It's looking so good.
This is our AirBnb. It's not clean now It's quite good. We will show it to you in the day. The clothes are a bit wet. Because the clothes are a bit wet.
But we are going now. It's going to be 11. Our cab is coming. We have left our car here.
Let's switch on the light. Bhupinder is coming. Bhupinder. Our cab driver.
Hello Bhaji. Happy new year. You have to go this way.
It's closed. Somewhere in the middle. It's closed. It's closed. It's closed. It's closed.
It's closed. Somewhere in the middle. Somewhere in the center. Somewhere in the old town. Where are you from? Punjab.
Where in Punjab? Near Chandigarh. The Uber service is very good here. How long have you been here? I have been here for 7 years. Did you like it? Yes, I liked it. I have seen it in all the countries. This is good.
Where are you from? I am from Gurgaon. Delhi. Are you from India? Yes, yes. You will find more Punjabis here. Yes, I didn't know that. And the place.
English. In 2015, the immigration was closed. That's why you are seeing this. You could easily get a passport here. Yes, it's closed now.
It's closed now. The government has closed the immigration. Yes, because I have already reached Lisbon. And I don't see any white people here. I don't see any white people here.
I am a Canadian for no reason. Yes, there are more here. In Canada, there is a lot of fighting.
There is nothing here. This is a good country. There is no fighting here. There are no robberies here. Everything is safe.
Okay, thank you. Happy New Year, brother. Bye-bye. On a different level. Canada is a bad name. Here, they have taken revenge on Portugal.
It's crazy. Punjabis can go anywhere. We just went to eat pizza. There, all the staff is from Punjab. And the food that they are making, the authentic Italian food, is all Punjabi.
And they are talking in Punjabi. In the reception, no one will understand. Yes, it's normal. It's not even in English. It's like Pindwali Punjabi.
Yes, Pindwali Punjabi. The whole vibe has changed. It's a concert vibe all of a sudden. Do you sit in the middle? Yes, at that time, it was complete silence.
And in 2 hours, Rambhai. It's like we have come to Manali. We have come to the locality. The Nepalis are also looking the same. The game has changed in just a couple of hours.
Crazy party scenes. It's good that we came. It was good. Yes, it was good. It was good. Why do you doubt? What's the time? 12.52.
11.52. 8 minutes to go. It's going to be New Year. This is Choraha. This is the center of the city. They have closed the roads.
And the whole city has come. And it was completely empty. Now it's crowded here. Because there will be a fire show from here. Crazy fire show. Uncle is looking angry.
It must be someone's uncle. With that hand. Why with that hand? Put this. A lot of excitement has started.
Bomb squad has come. Someone has lit a firecracker. A lot of bomb squad has come. Not bomb squad.
They have come to find out who it was. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali.
Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali. Thank you for watching it.
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