Algarve Portugal Road Trip Budget
Road tripping through Algarve Portugal is a great way to see this magnificent region of the world. And packing a rental car full of friends and splitting the price is a great way to do a road trip through southern Portugal on a budget. That’s what I did when I traveled through the Algarve region!
Praia da Marinha, Algarve, PortugalDriving through Algarve Portugal, my friends and I stopped in Albufeira, Lagoa, Portimão, and Lagos. On the trip, we hiked the Seven Hanging Valleys Trail, we took a kayak tour through the famous Benagil Caves, and we ate pastéis de nata. To learn more about my road trip through Portugal’s Algarve region, read this article. Or if you’re looking for a more boiled-down version of my travels in southern Portugal, check out my road trip itinerary.
In this post, I provide a breakdown of the budget for my five-day road trip through Algarve Portugal. Keep in mind that I traveled with four other people, so that helped keep our per-person rental car, gas, and lodging costs a bit lower. We rented a five-seat vehicle, and we filled all five seats.
Budget: Algarve Portugal Five-Day Road Trip
Budget breakdown per person:
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Split between five people, our rental car cost $39.60 total per person. Also split between five people, gas cost us $33.75 per person. This included the cost of refilling the tank at the end of the trip before returning the car. Additionally, we had one final transportation cost: an Uber from the end of the Seven Hanging Valleys Trail hike to take us back to our car in the parking lot. Split five ways, this added another $4.00 each.
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Our hotel in Albufeira cost $19.60 per person (total for two nights). Our lodging in Portimão cost $26.40 per person (total for two nights).
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The only excursion we paid for was the kayak tour of the Algarve Benagil Caves, which cost $35.54 per person.
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All together, my food and drinks for the entire trip, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and bottled water (I bought drinking water) cost $108.52, which came out to $21.70 per day.
