Faro Travel Guide
Faro
(Portugal)This Faro travel guide includes all you need to know. Restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, events, and much more. Read the guide below or download and print to take on your journey.
Contents: The City, Do & See, Cafés, Eating, Bars & Nightlife, Shopping, Sleeping, Essential Information
About This Travel Guide
Guide language: English
Updated: 2009-05-25
Format: PDF
File size: Approx. 4000kb / 4Mb
Guide language: English
Updated: 2009-05-25
Format: PDF
File size: Approx. 4000kb / 4Mb
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Faro
Many people say that Faro – the capital of the Algarve – is located on Europe’s most scenic coast. Here beautiful, long sandy beaches stretch away into the distance, framed by rocks on either side.
Faro is a charming old town with cobbled streets and leafy parks. Its location in the centre of the Algarve makes Faro the perfect starting point for round-trips.
The City
Faro’s old town is not so old (it was burned down by English troops in 1596, later rebuilt, and then destroyed by the earthquake of 1755), but beautiful and pedestrian-friendly. Next to the citadel’s ring-wall is the small harbour from where the newer and livelier town stretches away to the north and east.
The gardens next to the harbour, Jardim Manuel Bivar, are a good starting point. At the upper end the city’s main shopping area begins – a little network of pedestrian streets with all kind of shops, cafés and restaurants. From here, going north you come to some of Faro’s famous churches – for example, Igreja do Carmo – or going north-west via the Largo 25 de Abril roundabout you arrive at the fresh produce market. Going straight to the west, you will eventually reach the slightly uphill Avenida 5 de Outubro, which ends in front of Faro’s magnificent Liceu (grammar school). Here you are rewarded with a broad vista of Faro, the wetlands of Ria Formosa and the sea. Read more about Faro:
The City, Do & See, Cafés, Eating, Bars & Nightlife, Shopping, Sleeping, Essential Information
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