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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
Lisbon (capital) and Porto and algarve.
Not familiar with the distance in miles, but its roughly 300kms.
Faro Airport.
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
This is a difficult question to answer. Lisbon is by far the largest city and as a result has the most money. However, this does not make it the wealthiest city per capita in Portugal. I imagine that one of the resort towns in the Algarve which have wealthy British expats is probably the wealthiest city per capita. For the "normal" Portuguese cities I would expect Porto to surpass Lisbon in per capita wealth.
"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".