Thinking about Algarve/Faro in Portugal

anybody got any info on this area? Albufueira (sp) is the main resort we're thinking of

Looking to go for 5 days, there should easily be enough around?

Looking to go out at night, chill on the beach in the evenings, what stuff in the day time?

- hire bikes and get a tour/go riding yourself downhill towards the see
- go karting
- go to a golf course
- horse riding
- hire a boat and go to an island
- chill in surrounding area

any more tips?

Hi!
I went to Albufeira last year and it was honestly the best hoiday ever!
The night life is vibrant - by no means Ibiza but there are bar crawls and a party boat if you want to go on one of those and there's a good mix of people i.e it's not all drunken 18 year olds on their first holiday. If I remember correctly the strip is kinda in two lanes, but both sides have an array of bars and restaurents and there is a club a little out of the way (about a 5 minute walk from the bottom)

During the day there is so much to do; we went to a water park, did a jeep safari (amazing) and went to park adventura which is like go ape but like 15 euro for unlimited use. We also of course went to the beach and visited Old town, which takes about 30 minutes to walk to from where we were or there are buses and taxis. Old town is lovely with loads to see and nice restaurents. We also did a boat trip from there which was pretty awesome.

There's so much more that we didn't do though too!

Eating and drinking was cheap - one bar gave us free drinks all night haha and people were friendly.

Hope this helps and have fun

Will pass this onto my friends. If you have time, could you describe what stuff you saw on the jeep safari?

thanks so much for the help, so prompt and well detailed, I really appreciate it