2 days in Faro
About the city
Discover this charming Portuguese city.Faro offers history and culture, along with a varied selection of cafes, restaurants and bars.
📷 Highlights of Faro city
✔️ Se cathedral
✔️ Arco da Vila gate
✔️ The macabre bone chapel
✔️ Jardim Manuel Bivar
✔️ Capela dos Ossos
✔️ Igreja do Carmo
✔️ and many more!
By day Faro has an unhurried and calm ambience. By night, the city is buzzing with social nightlife.
Tip: Generally, most tourists book their accommodation within 300m of the Jardim Manuel Bivar plaza and the Doca de Faro. Faro is a compact city and this area covers the main tourist sights, the bus and train stations and popular restaurants.
Day 1 evening
Arrival to Faro
Day 2
1
Jardim Manuel Bivar
Start your tour exploring Jardim Manuel Bívar.
A relaxing plaza where old men come to play cards and storks build their magnificent overlooking the small marina.
A relaxing plaza where old men come to play cards and storks build their magnificent overlooking the small marina.
2
Arco da Vila
The classic Arco da Vila gate leads into the old town.
🏁 Designed during the 19th century and is positioned in front of the ancient city walls.
🗺️ Next to the gate is the main tourist information centre of Faro and from here it is possible to pick up a free tourist map of the city.
🏁 Designed during the 19th century and is positioned in front of the ancient city walls.
🗺️ Next to the gate is the main tourist information centre of Faro and from here it is possible to pick up a free tourist map of the city.
3
Sé de Faro
Visit Se cathedral.
⛪ Se name is derived from the words “Sedes Episcopalis” which translated means The Bishop’s seat.
✔️ You can climb the clock tower and from this vantage point there are fantastic view over Faro and the Ria Formosa national park
⛪ Se name is derived from the words “Sedes Episcopalis” which translated means The Bishop’s seat.
✔️ You can climb the clock tower and from this vantage point there are fantastic view over Faro and the Ria Formosa national park
4
Archaeological and Lapidary Museum Prince Henry the Navigator
You can choose to stop for a visit to the municipal museum.
🏛️ Here you can enjoy beautiful examples of ancient painting as well as the works of Carlos Porfírio.
🍽️ Where to have lunch?
The pedestrian shopping streets around the Rua de Santo António and the Rua de Vasco de Gama provide the best open air cafes and restaurants, which serve traditional Portuguese food and offer a pleasant eating environment.
🏛️ Here you can enjoy beautiful examples of ancient painting as well as the works of Carlos Porfírio.
🍽️ Where to have lunch?
The pedestrian shopping streets around the Rua de Santo António and the Rua de Vasco de Gama provide the best open air cafes and restaurants, which serve traditional Portuguese food and offer a pleasant eating environment.
5
Arco do Repouso
🏁 One of the access doors to the medieval walls.
It is one of the access doors to the medieval walls. Dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, it dates back to the time of the lunch dynasty. The Christian reconquest gave an impetus for the Arabs to reinforce with two towers, with side entrances, in order to facilitate the defense of the city and to make the enemy's access difficult.
It is one of the access doors to the medieval walls. Dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, it dates back to the time of the lunch dynasty. The Christian reconquest gave an impetus for the Arabs to reinforce with two towers, with side entrances, in order to facilitate the defense of the city and to make the enemy's access difficult.
6
Igreja de São Pedro
Erected in the 16th century, the Church of São Pedro underwent profound modifications in the wake of the 1755 earthquake.
⛪ Key features include the Mannerist-style portico, dating from the end of the 16th century, incorporating a statue of S. Pedro (St. Peter) to whom the church is dedicated. The interior columns were added in the 18th century reconstruction, designed to resemble those found in the Sé Cathedral in Faro.
⛪ Key features include the Mannerist-style portico, dating from the end of the 16th century, incorporating a statue of S. Pedro (St. Peter) to whom the church is dedicated. The interior columns were added in the 18th century reconstruction, designed to resemble those found in the Sé Cathedral in Faro.
7
Igreja do Carmo
⛪ The Igreja do Carmo in Faro, with its Baroque façade and twin bell towers is one of the finest churches on the Algarve.
8
Capela dos Ossos
The Capela dos Ossos in Faro is a macabre chapel located to the rear of the beautiful Igreja do Carmo church.
⛪ The Igreja do Carmo is as equally interesting, with an imposing baroque façade and a cooling interior of intricately carved altars. .
⛪ The Igreja do Carmo is as equally interesting, with an imposing baroque façade and a cooling interior of intricately carved altars. .
9
Faro Marina
📷 This scenic marina is popular among tourist not just because you can capture a lot of good photos but also because it is specially beautiful in the nights.
🍽️ Spend the rest of the day here, relax, and enjoy a good dinner before going back to your hotel.
🍽️ Spend the rest of the day here, relax, and enjoy a good dinner before going back to your hotel.
Day 3
1
Ria Formosa
The Ria Formosa Natural Park is a series of protected salt water lagoons and mud flats that are a haven for migratory birds and wildlife.
🛥️ Join one of the Ria Formosa boat tours and explore the waterways in a relaxing manner. Tour duration will take approximately 2 hour 30 minutes.
Stop at both of the sandbar-islands:
Ilha Deserta and Ilha da Culatra
🛥️ Join one of the Ria Formosa boat tours and explore the waterways in a relaxing manner. Tour duration will take approximately 2 hour 30 minutes.
Stop at both of the sandbar-islands:
Ilha Deserta and Ilha da Culatra
2
Rua de Santo Antonio
Spend the remaining of the afternoon shopping in Rua de Santo Antonio.
🛍️ This street is the main entrance to downtown Faro and is the main home for most of the shops and cafés in the area.
Take this chance to buy souvenirs for friends and family.
🛍️ This street is the main entrance to downtown Faro and is the main home for most of the shops and cafés in the area.
Take this chance to buy souvenirs for friends and family.
Other places to visit
1
Olhão
Olhão, located just ten kilometers east of Faro, is still one of the Algarve's main ports.
🐟 The fishmarket on the waterfront is still Olhão's main draw. A quaint and energetic place, the market sells local produce such as fruit, honey and live chickens as well as a huge variety of fresh local fish.
🐟 The fishmarket on the waterfront is still Olhão's main draw. A quaint and energetic place, the market sells local produce such as fruit, honey and live chickens as well as a huge variety of fresh local fish.
2
Estoi
An alternative day trip is to the pretty village of Estoi.
Estoi is a pretty little town that makes for an enjoyable half a day excursion for visitors who are on holiday in Faro.
✔️ Found in Estoi is the pink Estoi Palace, the finest example of Rococo architecture in the Algarve, while just outside of the village are the Milre Roman ruins, of a once-grand villa
Estoi is a pretty little town that makes for an enjoyable half a day excursion for visitors who are on holiday in Faro.
✔️ Found in Estoi is the pink Estoi Palace, the finest example of Rococo architecture in the Algarve, while just outside of the village are the Milre Roman ruins, of a once-grand villa
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