Avril June Gowers disappeared from Clube Praia da Oura on Tuesday while on holiday in the Algarve with her family.
She was last seen in the hotel at around 3pm.
Thankfully Ms. Gowers was found later that same day, thirteen kilometres away in the town of Algoz, by a GNR patrol unit.
A GNR spokesman told The Portugal News that the woman was picked up by officers after a call for assistance had been radioed through, although they have no idea how the woman travelled from Albufeira to Algoz.
Earlier that day the force had been alerted of her disappearance and an appeal had been launched on social media by the family to help find Avril.
She was reunited with her relieved family onTuesday night.