Notable Buildings

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.

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

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.

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.