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EXPERIENCE Algarve

Faro’s marina, lined with
palm trees, bathed in a
warm evening glow

1 Nossa Senhora da Assunção,
which was founded for the
FARO Poor Clares by Dona Leonor,
sister of Manuel I. Look for her
adorns the portico.
! E7 k 5 km (3 miles) SW £ Largo da Estação @ Avenida emblem, a fishing net, which
da República n Rua da Misericórdia; 289 803 604 Under the Romans, Faro
became an important port
Often overlooked by visitors, thic city is more than just and administrative centre,
a gateway to the beaches. Capital of the Algarve since named Ossonoba. A variety of
1756, Faro has been reborn several times over the fascinating local archaeological
centuries – following invasion, fire and earthquake. finds from the city’s Roman
Captured from the Moors in 1249 by Afonso III, Faro heyday, including busts of Faro Jewish
Emperor Hadrian and
prospered until 1596, when it was sacked and burned Agrippina, are displayed in R U A D A A T A L A I A Heritage
Centre
by the Earl of Essex. A new city rose from the ashes, the Museu Municipal. The Igreja do RUA GENERA Municipal 400 metres
Mercado
(440 yards)
only to be damaged in the earthquake of 1755 (p45). museum is partly housed in the RUA DA BOAVISTA Carmo RU A DO A L PO RTE L R. COELHO DE MELO de Faro
R. HORTA MACHADO
lovely two-storey Renaissance RUA CONSELHEIRO SEBASTIÃO TELES R U A S E R P LARGO DO SÉRGIO
CARMO
LARGO
eccentric features is the large cloister, built by Afonso Pires RUA ANTÓNIO L TEOFILO TRINDADE DR FRANCISCO
1 " 18th-century organ decorated in 1540. The collection also RUA MIGUEL BOMBARDA A Taska C R UZ D OS M E ST RE S SÁ CARNEIRO R U A G E N E R A L
DE BRAGA
H U M B E R T O
Sé with Chinese motifs. Its range contains medieval and LARGO R. TEOFILO A P I N T O São Pedro LARGO RUA DO JUSTINO CRIMANO RUA M. DE D E LG A D O
R. D A
R U A I N F AN T E D O M H E N R
DA
includes an echoing horn and Manueline stone carvings and ESTAÇÃO RU A F. BA R RE TO MADALENA LARGO DE DAS MOURAS ALBUQUERQUE
VELHAS
⌂ Largo da Sé § 289 823 R. DE S. PEDRO S. PEDRO Ermida de Santo
018 # 10am–6pm Sun–Fri a nightingale’s song, and it statuary. However, the most Railway RUA GIL EANESI Q U E R. BAPTISTA LOPES António do Alto
600 metres
(to 5pm Dec–Jan), 9:30am– has often been used by attractive exhibit is a huge, Station RUA DA BARQUETA R. F. ALISTÃO RUA ALMEIDA G ARRET (650 yards)
leading European organists.
Roman floor mosaic featuring
1pm Sat ¢ Public hols R. COMPROMIS SO PR. R U A D R . J . L Ú C I O
The cathedral is free to enter, a magni ficently exe cuted R. CONS. BIVAR RU A D O PRIOR FERREIRA DE
ALMEIDA
R U A J O Ã O D E D E U S
The first Christian church here, but you must purchase a ticket head of the god Neptune (3rd Bus Station R U A D E PORT U GA L AVENIDA 5 DE OUTUBRO
built on the site of a mosque, to ascend the bell tower. century AD), which was found RUA 1 DE MAIO RUA VASCO DA GAMA
AV E NIDA DA R EPU B LI CA
ARRIAGA
was all but destroyed in the near the city’s railway station. R UA IVE NS PR. DE Museu RUA DOUTOR MANUEL
RUA DE
attack by the English in 1596. Museu Marítimo Ria S. ANTÓNIO LIBERDADE Regional
Formosa
The base of the bell tower, its Almirante Ramalho RU A R E B E L O D A S I LV A LARGO Nossa
Senhora do
medieval doorway and two 2 " INSIDER TIP Ortigão PRAÇA DOM FRANCISCO GOMES Jardim DO PÉ DA Pé da Cruz
CRUZ
chapels survived, and long- Museu Municipal Set Your Alarm Manuel RUA CASTILHO PRAÇA Alameda
term reconstruction resulted ⌂ Largo Dom Afonso III Get up early and head Bivar ALEXANDRE R U A D O B O C A G E
HERCULANO
in a mixture of styles. § 289 870 827 # Jun– straight for the morning RUA DA POLÍCIA DE
By the 1640s, a grander Sep: 10am–7pm Tue–Fri, market on Largo Dr RUA DO ALBERGUE SEGURANÇA PÚBLICA
building had emerged, which 11:30am–6pm Sat & Sun; Francisco Sá Carneiro R U A D O T E R E S A R A M A L H O O R T I G Ã O
included a chancel decorated Oct–May: 10am–6pm Tue– to beat the crowds. The R . RASQUI N H O FRANCISCO RUA DE S. R U A E N G E NH E I R O A B O I M S A N D E L E M O S
with azulejos and the Capela Fri, 10:30am–5pm Sat & bustling stalls offer RUA COMANDANTE FRANCISCO MANUEL LARGO RUA DE CAÇADORES
DA SÉ
de Nossa Senhora dos Sun ¢ Public hols fresh local produce, Sé AFONSO III
PRAÇA
R U A E N G E N H E I R O
Prazeres, adorned with as well as clothing Museu Igreja de São J O A Q U I M L O P E S B E L C H I O R
ornate gilded woodcarving. The city’s museum is housed and local crafts. R. DO TREM Municipal Francisco
One of the cathedral’s most in the former convent of LARGO DE SÃO 0 metres 250 N
LG. DO FRANCISCO LARGO DE SÃO FRANCISCO
CASTELO
Ilha de Tavira 0 yards 250
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