Islands Tour: Half Day Cruise in Ria Formosa Natural Park
Description
Discover and enjoy the diversity of islands, villages and beaches of the Ria Formosa Natural Park in Olhão. Departing at 13:00h from Olhão, this tour goes through the canals in front of Olhão and to the Barrier Islands that protect the Ria Formosa. Following our course we´ll make a stop for lunch in Culatra, a fisherman's vilage with nearly 1000 residents whose main economic activity is fishing. The Island has all the infrastructures you would expect in a normal town; shops, restaurants, school, church, medical office and so on. During the break you can go for a nice lunch of fresh fish in one of the typical restaurants or go for a nice pic-nic at the beach. Afterwards we'll continue the tour and go to Farol island where we'll do another stop. Then return to Olhão passing close to several tuna factories and to the fishing harbour.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Stop for the clients to get to know the island and visit the local restaurants.
Get to know the island
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Reviews(172)
I loved it. I like it. Very professional. Nice and available. Pedro Penisga 02.08.26. Boat from 13h
It is not worth it at all, the boat trip is not pleasant at all, the whole time in silence, crowded with people, and there really is no guide explaining anything, they simply turn on a loudspeaker that you cannot hear anything from with a recorded voice that tells you something. The stops have nothing special, but the worst part is that they hardly give you any time to do anything. You have to rush, the excursion to see dolphins is much better, that one is certainly recommended.
The tour guide Gonzalo was very knowledgeable & friendly. Very accommodating & flexible when timings on island did not go to plan due to food delay. The places that we visited were interesting.
We had an encounter this week of particularly friendly, nice, accommodating, and totally likable nature with Passeios Ria Formosa - named Lara, at the booking counter and boss Silvia 🤗, as captain and guide Without further discussing our tour, we would like to express a clear recommendation for this company and thank Lara once again, who made it possible for us to take our tour, which we had not booked in advance 👌🏼 and of course Silvia for her spontaneous effort 👌🏼 Thank you very much 🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♂️
We could have enjoy our tour but… The guide was very kind and helpful but… Unfortunately a big group joined this tour for having fun ONLY, drinking heavily (wine, beer…) on board and making an incredible noise, making impossible to hear your guide explanations. Besides during the first stop of this tour, they returned to the boat 30 minutes late. Everybody else was on board waiting for them and loosing time. Why the boat did not leave on time with the respectuous passengers ??? Then the second stop at Farol has been reduced, unfortunately, by 30 minutes. Please confirm thes facts with the guide (your staff). When a big group wants to have fun and do what they want, they have to take a private boat and not make the tour of your others (correct people) clients spoiled.
Despite the weather not being of the best April 7 The whole trip and staff were very friendly and the super clear explanations to understand
It was amazing experience. Silvia is an excellent guide. It was too windy and i dropped my cap in the ocean. Silvia helped me to get in our seventh attempt. I will highly recommend to take this tour with Silvia.
Relaxing Cruise to the small islandês of Ria Formosa Nature Reserve.
Great day out Amazing views Learning new things about local history Relaxing all the way Local cafe lunch Reasonably priced Best way to spend half a day Thank you Silvia and the Captain Most likeley will see you again Tuesday
Very good experience, friendly, punctual.
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