In case you travel Portugal, we suggest that you visit on of the best
sightseengs and attractions in Portugal – Faro. Faro is not only the administrative but also economic centre of Algarve and the largest city in province. The city was built on Roman and Arab ruins but still most of attractive buildings were built after the severe earthquakes in 1532 and 1755. Faro has long history which reflects in city's atmosphere created due to fascinating combination of historic and up-to-date places.
If you
travel Portugal and visit Faro, we advise you to see such best places in Faro as the 18th Century Episcopal palace which faces the 13th Century Cathedral which was the residence of Roman Forum. Both buildings are situated in a large and worth seeing square. There is the 16th Century Convent nearby Episcopal palace and nowadays there is a city’s archaeological museum in this convent. Naval Museum is another popular among visitors attraction, it's not big but in this museum coast's maritime history is displayed. Of course there many other impressive places in Faro, among them Nossa Senhora da Assuncao Convent, Sao Pedro da Misericordia Church and Nossa Senhora do Carmo Church, Infante Dom Henrique and Ramalho Ortigao and Antoniano museums. We suggest you walk around the city in order to feel its unique atmosphere. But still if your travel Portugal and your time is limited, you can choose half day excursion around the city, which take place in Faro every day. So don't worry if you don't have much time for exploring this perfect city, you won't have any problems with booking excursion like this.
Ria Formosa lagoon is one more fascinating place which we advise you to visit in Porto. This is a wilderness area where you can see a great number of different birds, more than 100 sorts of fish and mollusks. There are also many places in Faro where you can enjoy shopping, sit in a pleasant cafés or restaurant and listen national Portuguese fado music. You can also find out more about
eating and drinking in Portugal, if you taste Portuguese national cuisine.
Faro is also worth visiting because there is a nice sand seaside 7 kilometres away from it, this is a perfect place bathing and sun burning.
When you travel Portugal and visit such cities as Faro,
Lisbon or
Porto you have a perfect opportunity not only to see top attractions but also find out more about
history of Portugal,
architecture of Portugal and
art in Portugal.