Jeep & 4x4 Tours in Albufeira

Behind Albufeira's beaches the Algarve climbs into the dry Serra hills and the Barrocal, a back-country of orange groves, cork oaks and white villages the resort crowds never see. A jeep or 4x4 tour is how you get up into it, off the tarmac and onto the tracks where the views open back over the coast.

The jeep tours on this page are ones we picked by hand, run by drivers who know the trails and the stops worth making. From Albufeira, most 4x4 trips head inland to the hill villages, a cork-oak forest and a viewpoint over the coast, usually with a tasting of local honey, medronho spirit or wine along the way. Open-top jeeps make the off-road stretches part of the fun, and the guides build in time to stop and look. Most run half or full day, small-group or private, with hotel pickup in the Albufeira area.

For a day that swaps the sunlounger for the real Algarve countryside, a jeep safari shows you the side the postcards skip. Wear clothes for dust, and go with an appetite for the village stops.

2 Albufeira jeep and 4x4 tours from EUR 40. Handpicked drivers, inland hills, villages and tastings, half and full day with free cancellation on most - easy to book online.