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Museu Marítimo Almirante Ramalho Ortigão

  • heritage

Rua Comunidade Lusíada
8000-253, Faro

Faro

This maritime museum was created in 1910 and has a vast collection dedicated to the sea. Among others, fishing tools and shipbuilding models are on display.

Doce Fino

  • leisure

Faro
8000-155, Faro

Faro

Estes bolinhos algarvios são feitos a partir de uma mistura de massapão, à base de amêndoa, o ingrediente mais comum na doçaria tradicional algarvia, açúcar e clara de ovo. Caracterizam-se por representarem formas que fazem parte do dia a dia, sobretudo na cozinha, como frutas, legumes, animais, etc.

Parque de Campismo Municipal de Faro

  • hotels

Avenida Nascente - Praia de Faro
8005-520, Faro

Faro

The campsite Faro beach is an ideal place for the great appreciators of beach and sea, given its proximity to the beaches.

Amare Beach Club

  • food & drink

Avenida Nascente, 6 - Praia de Faro
8005-520, Faro

Faro

Igreja Matriz da Conceição de Faro

  • heritage

Rua 25 de Abril
8000, Faro

Faro

A church with a longitudinal plan, a sole nave and a manuelin main chapel, with a portal of the late Renaissance. The main façade and the belltower are neoclassic. One should notice the triumphal arch and the main chapel with a star dome.

Edifício do Teatro Lethes/ Antigo Colégio de Santiago Maior

  • heritage

Rua de Portugal, 58
8000-281, Faro

Faro

This small building was built in a place previously occupied by the Colégio de Santiago Maior. It was founded in the first half of the 17th century by the Companhia de Jesus. In the 19th century, the church was adapted to a theatre and the three doors and three windows of the original building were preserved. The central body was enlarged at the expense of the two towers that surrounded it. The interior was adapted to its new functions.

Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

  • heritage

Praça Dom Afonso III, 14
8000-167, Faro

Faro

This convent, founded by Dona Leonor, is an important example of the first Renaissance art in the Algarve. The church's dome has a rococo decoration of the 18th century. There is also a curious watchtower of the 16th century.

Seminário Episcopal de São José

  • heritage

Largo da Sé, 19
8000, Faro

Faro

A seminary with two floors, asymmetric fenestration in the north part rococo and regular in th south part neoclassic. One should notice the large dimensions of the building and th architectural individuality of the dining room and of irs diammetrically opposed part. A note also to the design of the span frames, in cut rod, with stonework in the main façade and mortar in the public area.

Igreja de São Sebastião

  • heritage

Largo de São Francisco
8000-142, Faro

Faro

A small gothic chapel is all that is left of the original medieval building. In the main chapel there is a golden sculptured panel of the 18th century. The walls have white and blue tiles and pattern polychrome.

Igreja do Convento de Santo António dos Capuchos

  • heritage

Rua Serpa Pinto
8000-431, Faro

Faro

The church of the Capuchos was built at the beggining of the 17th century and has a façade with arcades and a niche, which is charactristic of the Capuchos architecture. It has an important set of 18th century tiles in the main chapel, representing each step in Saint Anthony's life, and on the side walls, representing Saint Anthony's death and the descent of the cross.

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