Lagos Adventure Park (Parque Aventura de Lagos)

Parque Aventura de Lagos is a treetop adventure park on a wooded plot overlooking Meia Praia, a couple of minutes from Lagos marina and the town centre. It is run by Luso Aventura, a company that has built and operated tree-climbing parks in Portugal since 2008, and it is open all year, with hours that change with the season.

The main activity is tree climbing: moving from tree to tree across rope bridges, nets and long zip lines, on eight courses grouped into three levels. The easiest level is designed for children from four years old and one metre tall; the hardest gives access to every course. Climbers stay attached to a continuous safety line, a briefing is mandatory before starting, and trained monitors watch the courses. There is also a trampoline trail strung between the trees that needs no harness, and a paintball field in the woods.

It is an easy outing to do without a car. The park lies about one kilometre, roughly thirteen minutes on foot, from the Meia Praia halt on the Algarve regional line, and the national rail operator runs a partnership that gives train passengers a discount on entry. The courses rely on the existing trees and the visitors' own effort, with views across the bay of Lagos from the platforms.