See and Do

Casa do Compromisso Marítimo in Faro preserves the story of the city’s medieval fishermen and sailors, their mutual-aid brotherhood and the maritime community.

The Church and Monastery of São Francisco in Faro stand among the city’s most historically layered and architecturally intriguing religious sites

A 12th-century Almohad gateway in Faro's Old Town, wrapped in legend and crowned with a hidden 18th-century chapel.

This square is where Faro's everyday life quietly unfolds — cobblestones, a modest church, and terraces full of local flavor.

Facing Faro's marina and garden, the Bank of Portugal building is one of the city's landmarks — a 1926 Neo-Manueline design blending Portuguese revivalism with Moorish-inspired details.

In the bustling town of Faro Jardim da Alameda, offers locals and visitors a tranquil retreat.

A 12th-century Almohad-era archway in Faro's Old Town, steeped in Reconquista history and local legend, that still anchors the city's historic quarter today.

Palacete Belmarço is an early 20th-century eclectic mansion in Faro that showcases the city's brief flirtation with bourgeois modernity

A century-old café in Faro that has closed, reopened, closed, and again reopened — and once, briefly, dared to broadcast the BBC to a city under dictatorship.

Nestled in the heart of Faro’s Old Town, the Museu Municipal de Faro — once referred to as the Museu Municipal do Algarve —...

Vivenda Marília is an example of early twentieth-century Portuguese residential architecture built during a period of urban expansion.

A quick market stroll and old-town wander in Olhão, a short ferry ride to the unspoiled beaches of Culatra Island, then back for fresh seafood by the harbor.