Porto Tram City Tour: On your Oporto holiday, you can visit Oporto's historical monuments, theatres, cafes, restaurants, city hall and more on a vintage tram. This charming Porto City Tram Tour is a Hop-on Hop-off tour that gives you the freedom to stop for as long as you like at places of … [Read more...]
Cafés That Have Become Part of the Landscape of Oporto
Cafés that are not just coffee houses: On your Oporto holiday, make time to have a break at some of the city's cafés, not just for the coffee and cakes, but because these grand looking cafés represent a period of life in Oporto in the past. The Café Majestic is one such café which we covered in a … [Read more...]
Café Majestic – The Grand Café of Oporto
More than a Café .....: Majestic by name and majestic by architecture, this café has become a prerequisite stop by visiting dignitaries, media personalities, artists and everyone who's anyone visiting Oporto, as well as the humble tourists like us. The Majestic's guest book lists all the … [Read more...]
Mercado do Bolhão – Oporto's Central Market
A Noisy and Lively Market in the Centre of Town: Mercado do Bolhão, a noisy and lively market in the heart of Oporto city, is a nice place to visit if you're looking for a change in scenery from your usual sightseeing attractions. The market is housed in a two-tier covered building and there … [Read more...]
Faro’s Sé or Cathedral – Sightseeing Attraction
Faro's Sé with its Eccentric Organ: Faro's Sé stands in the square that's called Largo da Sé. The Sé is a cathedral and the seat of the bishop. The Sé stands on a site that was formerly a mosque. The first Christian church in Faro was built on the site but when the English attacked in 1596 … [Read more...]
Arco da Vila – Faro Sightseeing Attraction
Arco da Vila - Gateway to Faro's Old City: Most tourists visiting the Old City of Faro will no doubt have walked through Arco da Vila at the south end of the Jardim Manuel Bivar. This arched gateway is a national monument which leads into the Old City of Faro. Arco da Vila was built by the … [Read more...]
Almancil’s masterpiece of azulejo panels
Ingreja de São Lourenço is Almancil's treasure: East of Vilamoura and just outside the town of Almancil stands Ingreja de São Lourenço, a small, Baroque-style white chapel which is the main sightseeing reasons why most tourists come to Almancil. Inside the chapel is one of the Algarve's most … [Read more...]
Cheap flights to Faro – Algarve Holidays
Budget Airlines that fly into Faro: Following are the budget carriers that offer cheap flights to Faro: U.K. EasyJet Flybe Thomas Cook Airlines Tui Airways (was Thomson) First Choice Cheap Holiday Packages from the U.K. Jet2Holidays Belgium Tui fly Germany … [Read more...]
Faro – Algarve
The Administrative Capital of the Algarve: Faro has been the administrative capital of the Algarve since 1756. The word Faro comes from Farum which was taken from the last part of the name of a past Moorish governor. When the Moors ruled Faro, they renamed the town in the 11th century after one of … [Read more...]
Faro – Algarve
The Administrative Capital of the Algarve: Faro has been the administrative capital of the Algarve since 1756. The word Faro comes from Farum which was taken from the last part of the name of a past Moorish governor. When the Moors ruled Faro, they renamed the town in the 11th century after one … [Read more...]
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