The beaches are the main event, but Albufeira has enough beyond the sand to fill several days. The old town rewards an unhurried morning walk — narrow whitewashed lanes, azulejo-tiled doorways, and small squares that most resort visitors miss entirely. Sea cave boat trips operate from the dock below the old town and offer the best way to see the dramatic cliff coastline west of town. Dolphin-watching excursions run from the same point and are reliable year-round in these Atlantic waters.