Capital of the Algarve and university city, Faro attracts visitors with its picturesque old part where you can find several historical buildings over 2000 years old.
A city sought after by Portuguese students as well as by foreign students coming through the Erasmus programme, transforming it into a multicultural city where university atmosphere dominates the streets.
Besides having the Faro International Airport that facilitates the travel of visitors from the Algarve this city offers a lot of tourist activities, from boat trips to the Ria Formosa islands, flamingo watching in the Ludo area and visiting the ethnographic monuments and the Maritime Museum.
Being a university town the nightlife here is fun, full of terraces of restaurants known for their traditional food, cafes and a diversity of musical and cultural events such as the famous Faro Motorbike Concentration, Festival F, and all the programme of the Teatro das Figuras.