The Algarve region of Portugal boasts a very rich history having been home to Phoenician, Roman and Moorish settlements throughout the centuries. Of course the reason for this is that the region could be considered as close to paradise on Earth as possible, with great weather all year-round and a wonderful coastline. Those latter traits have remained pretty constant throughout history even though the rulers of the region haven't but all those factors combined make up the present-day Algarve which is one of the most popular tourist destination in Europe if no the entire world and one of the few ways in which you can see as much of it as possible is with the help of Algarve car hire services.

Everything and everything that you may want from a summer holiday can be found while in the Algarve, ranging from some of the best beaches in Europe to all manner of sea and sand activities to golf, yes golf is extremely big in the Algarve.

The truth is that you will enjoy your visit there even with a packaged tour but what you have to keep in mind is that most of those tours will have you stay only in one city or resort and while that will definitely suffice maybe for a few days, you will surely wnat to do and see more of this wonderful place and this is where Algarve car hire services come into play. With a car at your disposal you won't be stuck in one place for long so you could arguably head to Meia Praia in Lagos for a day and then head for Faro or Albufeira or whichever other destination you want.

People who haven't been there tend to only think that it's a place with great beaches but there is so much more to the region than just great beaches. The coastline also features idyllic coves, lagoons and some wonderful cliffs, but again this is related only to geography and doesn't take into account the human element, both the present-day and the past human element.

The Algarve region is the result of many cultures mixing and overlapping throughout the centuries and as such it offers great architecture, historic buildings and ruins and not to mention extremely good and varied food. One could spend an entire trip just going from town to town and experiencing the various local culinary particularities.

These are of course only some of the options that one has when visiting this particularly beautiful region of Europe and with the help of Algarve car hire services one can very well experience these and many more.