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      <pubDate>2025-05-30 16:32:33 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Faro, Portugal</title>
         <author>tankerjam</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Flying: Trip was on a 757-200 with a 3 person crew. I hadn't been on that configuration in a while. Make sure they don't give the first class seat next to the rest seat away to a non-rev (tried to do it to us on return leg), it's supposed to be the last revenue seat sold. Flight was well far south of the tracks. Made it hard to get turbulence reports on SkyPath. 10-7 pages aren't published yet so make sure you download the ops bulletin with all the information for Faro. Arrival was fairly easy. We got cleared direct to ODEMI which was on arrival and landed ILS 10. Another aircraft had a bird strike coming in. Definitely lots of birds in the area. Fuel planning was conservative using the 5% rule since it's a new destination. They aren't loading any cargo to/from there yet so the captain had a conversation with dispatch about weight planning so we didn't leave weight restricted and bump off passengers. Santa Maria is controlling facility. Random route south of tracks so didn't have any issues getting an altitude that worked best for us. Overall easy and fun trip!</p><p><br/></p><p>Layover: Customs is NOT ready for the influx of visitors. The entire line filled up and flowed back up the stairs. We had to take the elevators all the way to the left to get around the crowd. One of the FAs brought their spouse and they had to wait 3 hours arriving and leaving through customs. It was apparently on the local news. Layover hotel has a great location, might be a short walk to the main road or they were shuttle your bag. Rooftop infinity pool, basement level pool with sauna and water therapy. Breakfast was around 10 Euro and excellent. Great seafood, highly recommend going to the fish market and they will cook fresh catches for you on the spot. There's an all you can eat sushi place a block from the hotel which was tasty for lunch. There's a hop on, hop off ferry to local islands for around 35 Euro. Skip it and go direct to docks, costs 3 Euro to get to an island. The fisherman's village island was too sleepy and not worth seeing. I quite enjoyed the island with the lighthouse. It had quiet beaches and a little bar that served seafood and Sangria. If you'd like to pretend you're 20 again, Albuferia is 45 minutes up the road and basically a British Mardi Gras all day. Lots of eco tourism, kayaking, paddle boards, caves to explore. I used Viator app to look up local tours and a hostel nearby to check on events.</p>]]></description>
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