Hey mate, we are going to Alvor this weekend untill the 10th of March to check schools, talk with advisors for our financials and my business as well as a rental we have an option on…..for the next school year….just wondering what your opinion is on Alvor/Portimao to live for 2 "young" 🤪 adults with 2 kids of 8-14…? also maybe cool we buy you lunch when we are there to hear your stories 🙂 happy to pay your rate obviously

you mentioned temperature but I was told that silves have a lot of storms and was generally very windy particularly in winter? Is that true? Thanks

Would like to see more affordable country places just outside the western cities where one can grow food.. for sustainability & for possible partial support. Interested in what orchard trees or food crops one may grow & use or sell. Examples: Avocados, citrus, nuts, figs, grapes, stone fruits, apples, ornamental plants. What agricultural resources are availiable like extention offices from universities we have in US. Is such small scale food growing supported in the area or is there limited water in Southern Portugal? What alternative residences is one able to build or have constructed rather than redo ruins that appear way beyond repair with little hope of modern dry and well heated and cooled building. i.e. What are affordable alternatives like modular well designed homes?? Thanks! Never see gay people on all the youtube videos. Are serious gay expats able to live peacefully in Portugal other than Lisbon /Porto cities?

TOP the work !

My family lives in Silves, my grandfather is buried there, Im in holland. Silves is such a beautifull historic place with allot of storks 😉

Not sure you mentioned it but between silves and estombar you have the natural springs Fontes. As I remember it was a great spot in nature to swim

We live here and we love it. 💛

I live in the UK i am from algarve loule

Wow Nick such a beautiful place.

Another great video Nick,you mentioned dams near Silves,how bad is the drought?

Oops sorry that should read Peter Dougherty…

Hi Nick… We love Silves especially It's history under the Moors , is so interesting,. It was considered a seat of learning, culture and art. until our marauding king Richard the Lionheart did the bidding of the Bishop of Braga, and detoured on his crusade to the Holy land, to sack the town. reducing it to rubble ..I met up with Richard Dougherty some years ago A journalist and author of the fascinating book 'Atlantis and the Silver City' all about his hugely researched apothoisis, that Silves was the ancient capital of Atlantis!!! .. Its very convincing ..How romantic if it was..(He along with Len Port started the Algarve Resident newspaper) Unfortunately he had to return to the Uk for family reasons.So we have never heard anything more. It was hoped that some archeological investigation could be made of the 'shelf' that fellloff the Algarve in the earthquake of 9BC… Thats now the flat sea bed stretching do several hundred miles out to sea…Paul Allen was going to be approaches about his submarine …until sadly he died of cancer.

As a stonemason, I would love to visit portugal and EU in general to see some of the sites that have stood the test of time.

For any english speaker who is struggling, the pronunciation of Silves is "seelvsh"

Another great, detailed and informative video Nick. It looks stunning 👍

ah, the first capital of the Algarve: Xelb, as the moors called it. Actually, after Silves, the next capital of Algarve during the exploration years was Lagos. Faro is far more recent, since the 18th century after the Lisbon earthquake that wrecked Lagos.
It's a gorgeous city. I heard they are finally gonna recover the once super visited cork museum in the "Fábrica do Inglês" quarter which unfortunately has been closed for about 10 years now. In 2001 it was consired the best factory museum in Europe. Hopefully it will be successful again, along with the recovered plaza and spa hotel.

BEEN THERE, LOVED THE CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS…

Thanks Nick, as always very informative and interisting.

The Museo Arqueológico is an excellent little museum, in fact a highlight of the town that merits more attention.

The alignment of menhirs is in Vale Fuzeiros, great hike. The lynx center is not open to the public, because they want to limit human interaction. But there is a great exhibit about the center at the castle, in the underground water storage space. There is nothing above ground telling visitors about it though!

First, thanks for the pronunciation tip. I have been "Sil-veshing" the place all over the world and no one has corrected me. I noticed that even the tour guy got it wrong. Maybe you can help him out. Second, I have actually been to Silves. It was maybe three years ago in the winter and it was just one time for half a day. But I would say that Silves, in my very limited experience, is quite different from almost everywhere else in the Algarve. If I had to compare it to anywhere, I would say it feels a bit like Estoi to me. By that I mean, I heard more Portuguese and less English in Silves than almost anywhere else in the Algarve. Thanks for the video. I love them all.

Great video again Nick. I'm not sure about Menirs in Silves but a short drive NE towards Sao Bartolemeu de Messines there is a menir trail. Rota dos Menires.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hzYrcx7zLrncng4z6

Great and very informative video. Thanks Nick

Fascinating video and town! Nick—I appreciate your overview, facts, photography, background music (I recognized the national anthem by watching football matches 😀 ⚽️) for locations I know absolutely nothing about. 👍🏻 Is Silves (I’ll have to work on the pronunciation) hilly? While the castle is certainly on a hill; I wasn’t sure of the rest of the city was hilly not. Love your effort and creations. 🤍 Thank you so much. Always looking forward to your work.

Great stuff, thanks Nick

Silves is a lovely spot, love visiting there for the famous chicken restaurant and taking our daughter to the playground nearby