When we drive the motorhome from uk down to our place in Carvoeiro we then use taxis/hire cars/public transport to get around. we have found in the past that taxi fares vary so much for similar journeys, both from Portimao/Lagoa and Lagoa/Carvoeiro. we even complained one year to the taxi regulators...

Silva & Sintra.

We bought a kitchen in Ikea Lisbon last year, hired a van (on internet from Europecar) and drove down in about 2 1/2 hrs on the motorway. We paid extra for the one way van hire but could then returned it to the Europcar office in Carvoeiro. We got some extra kitchen doors and fittings in Ikea Sevill...

In Carvoeiro we use a 1m dish, you need to tune to Astra 28 east and you get all freeview channels ie BBC/ITV regions, BBC 3, BBC4, ch 4, 5 E4 etc etc. Reception is better in summer and can be lost in heavy rain etc but a bigger dish should help this. Originally we had an Echostar receiver but now w...