Leave the Faro airport direction Faro / Albufeira / Portimão. After passing Montenegro area on the right hand side you come to an exit area direction Faro /Vila Real Stº António (do not take it) next exit is Albufeira / Portimão (right hand side) take it. Follow Albufeira / Portimão signs until, on the right hand side you have a sign direction Almancil.
When you get into Almancil, on the second light points, turn left (one way street). When you get into a two way street, bare right direction Quinta do Lago. Towards Quinta do Lago till you get to the roundabout that marks the entrance to Quinta do Lago (roundabout no.1). Take the third exit, entering Quinta do Lago at Avenida André Jordan. At the second roundabout turn right into Avenida Ayrton Senna da Silva. Continue straight on past two more roundabouts. After passing Vale dos Pinheiros on your right and Lakeside Village on your left, you will see a wooden footbridge. After the footbridge turn right immediately. You are now in Encosta do Lago