10 Apr 2022
We enjoyed spending time in the Algar do Carvao and trying the Alcatra for lunch. It was delicious. Our tour guide was a nice guy but he didn't seem to know what tourists would want to know or see. There was no clear itinerary of what the tour would include and it seemed some stops were thrown in at the last minute yet they were not interesting stops. We seemed to spend alot of time at some stops where it wasn't needed making me wonder if we skipped stops we should have gone to. There was a lovely stop on the water where we took photos and there was a restaurant. We hoped that was where we were having lunch but instead ended up somewhere in a village with no explanation why and no information about the village. It did not appear to be a traditional restaurant but the food was very good. We drove by many interesting things and would have loved to have known about them but he didn't say anything. There were a couple of things as tourists that we would have liked to have taken pictures of but we didn't stop. There was another couple with us and he did stop at one point to let them take some photos of interest to them which was fine. When asked questions he did respond and was polite. Overall it was somewhat disappointing.