Lisbon is north of the Algarve.
No. Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal and it is located on the west coast, a little bellow the center of the country. Algarve is what we call the southern region. Aside from the geographic distance, Lisbon is just a city and Algarve is like a state.
Rick Steves' Europe - 2000 Lisbon and the Algarve 3-12 was released on: USA: 2005
The Capital Lisbon The Algarve beaches
To the west there is the Atlantic Ocean and to the East there is the Sado Bay.
Lisbon (capital) and Porto and algarve.
The coordinates of Lisbon are 38.7223° N, 9.1393° W. Which means that Lisbon is West of the Prime Meridian (the Prime Meridian is zero degrees of Longitude).
Not familiar with the distance in miles, but its roughly 300kms.
Two hours. Note that Faro (Algarve's capital) has an international airport, you may be able to get direct flights.
2 and 1/2 hours
The A13 connects Santarem to the southward turn of the A2 and the A2 connects Lisbon to the Algarve
"Algarve Car Hire" operates in Portugal. They deliver the car to either Faro airport or Lisbon airport. Orders for rental can be placed by several car rental agencies - or directly using the web site of "Algarve Car Hire".
On the Algarve to the west of Faro.