Day trip in Algarve
Parque da Mina
Heritage park on the Portimão–Monchique road: 18th-century manor museum, old mine gallery, farm animals, mirror maze, play areas. Daily 10:00–17:00 (Oct–Mar), 10:00–19:00 (Apr–Sep).
- Address
- Sítio do Vale de Boi, CCI 171, Caldas de Monchique, 8550-391 Monchique
- Hours
- 1 Oct–31 Mar 10:00–17:00; 1 Apr–30 Sep 10:00–19:00 (CM Monchique). Ticket prices not published on the pages we read — check before you go.
Great with kids
Farm animals (birds, ponies, dwarf goats), play areas, mirror maze, a suspension bridge by a waterfall; visits from one hour to a full day (CM Monchique; own site). Research, not first-hand.
The notes
What the sources say (research)
- A heritage park around an early-18th-century manor house, with an old farmstead, more than a hundred varieties of birds, ponies and dwarf goats, a medronho distillery, a charcoal kiln and an inactive mine gallery. [CM Monchique, 4 Oct 2026]
- Play areas, a mirror maze and a suspended bridge over a waterfall; you can stay an hour or the whole day. [parquedamina.com, 4 Oct 2026]
- At Vale de Boi on the N266 between Portimão and Monchique, before Caldas. Hours: 1 October–31 March 10:00–17:00, 1 April–30 September 10:00–19:00. [CM Monchique, 4 Oct 2026]