Lagos Travel Forum

Is there any surf beaches near lagos? I will be staying in lagos and ideally dont want to have to rent a car.
Cheers

Will

The best place arround lagos is in Sagres. I think you must rent a car!

I have not been to Nigeria myself but a mate who has, says be very careful its not that safe.

I give up!!!!!!!!!!

This is the Portugal/Algarve forum.

Lagos is an historic town in the Algarve in Southern Portugal after which the town of Lagos in Nigeria was named 500 years ago!!!!!!!!!!

It is safe and definitely a lot safer than Lagos, Nigeria!!!

Having got that sorted!

The question on surfing!

Khoutek is right - The best surfing beaches are on the west coast of the Algarve about 30km west of Lagos between Vila de Bispo/Praia de Amado and Carrapateira.

You will need a car to get there. There are no buses that run anywhere these beaches.

You may get more useful info at Ratty's site:

www.surf-experience.com

For more general info have a look at my blog where you may find some useful nuggets:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

Have a good trip.

try globalsurfers.com

We're definitely surfing in Lagos, ah ah ah!
Lagos is on the South coast of the Algarve which is no good for surfing :-(
In Portugal only the west coast is "surfable", where Sagres is. But go there, and along Algarve's west coast and you'll see the most beautiful beaches of Europe. Ocean, waves, cliffs, sand, an impressive sunset, no houses behind.

Thank you all for the info,

Will