Planning a trip to Southern Spain and Algarve (in July). We've targeted Marbella and Lagos as a couple of towns where we'd like to stay. I'm wondering if there's any other towns that would be good to visit (stay in). Looking for places with a nice beach area, some semblance of night life (not so much clubs, but more bars and a good selection of restaurants). I've started looking at Fuengirola (Spain) and maybe Luz (Portugal). Any recs for some semi-low key beach towns would be appreciated.
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Lagos is much larger than Luz, with lots of restaurants and more than a couple of nice beaches. But, Luz is very cute. They do have a few restaurants but not nearly the number of Lagos. Tavira (quite close to Spain) might be another option.
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Do you like the beach that much!? We have better beaches in Florida than in Southern Spain. I have stayed at Fuengirola and was not impressed with the beaches. That city is a more affordable place than Marbella.
Portugal is wonderful, especially Lisbon, Porto and that portion of the country.