Tuesday, 12 January – Let’s Walk through Orange Groves near Silves: A beautiful and interesting moderately easy walk of just over 2 hours through the orange growing area close to Silves.

10am start.Meet at the Café Casinhas. Drive to Silves, cross over the bridge and turn right. At the roundabout take the first exit and drive for about 300m when you will see a road to the right with a blue sign for ‘Turismo rural’. Turn here and drive for about 4km when after crossing a bridge you will soon see the café on your right.
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Tuesday, 19 January – Let’s Walk from Purgatorio: Walking through the low hills west of Paderne, giving wonderful 360 views to enjoy. Just over 2.5 hours of moderately easy walking. 10am start. Meet at the snack bar Inês. From the EN125 take the old Lisbon road IC1 and then the first exit for Tunes and Paderne and at the T-junction turn right. Follow the road for about 5km passing under the motorway and just before you arrive at another T-junction you will see large white gates on the right, the café is hidden away behind the gates.
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