Jeep & 4x4 Tours in Faro

Behind the Algarve's coast the land climbs into the dry Serra hills and the Barrocal, a country of orange groves, cork oaks and white hill villages that most beach-bound visitors never see. A jeep or 4x4 tour from Faro is the way up into it, off the tarmac and onto the tracks where the views run back to the sea.

The jeep tours on this page are ones we picked by hand, run by drivers who know the back roads and the stops worth making. From Faro, most 4x4 trips head inland to the hill villages, a cork-oak forest, a viewpoint over the coast and often a tasting of local honey, medronho spirit or wine. 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 pickup in the Faro area.

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

3 Faro jeep and 4x4 tours from EUR 25. Handpicked drivers, inland hills, villages and tastings, half and full day with free cancellation on most - easy to book online.