Silves & Monchique Inland Food Day

The Silves & Monchique Inland Food Day is a full-day tour into the Algarve's interior, starting at the Silves market and moving up into the Monchique hills, covering a wider route than the coastal food tours in the region. The day opens with a guided walk through Silves market beneath the town's red sandstone castle, followed by a cataplana lunch at Marisqueira Rui, then continues by road into Monchique for a medronho distillery visit, tastings of smoked sausage and local honey, and a panoramic dinner in the hills before returning to the coast. The food balance leans savoury across the market, lunch, and sausage tasting, with honey and the closing dinner providing the sweeter notes. Transport for the full day, the market tour, lunch, the distillery visit with medronho tastings, and dinner are all included; drinks beyond the medronho tastings and gratuities are not. The group travels together by minivan between stops, keeping numbers small enough for the distillery visit, and the guide gives commentary in English throughout; vegetarian substitutions are generally possible at the lunch and dinner stops with advance notice, though the cataplana lunch itself is seafood-based.