We're falling behind! Yesterday we were in the main city of the Algarve, Faro. It has a nice, compact old town with easily accessible parking. And was only 20 minutes from our rental.
The City Walls
And entering the City Gates
Welcomed by the Legendary First King of Portugal - Alfonso the Lighthearted
Main Attraction - the Cathedral (shock and amazement)
One must stealthily sneak up on it as it gets spooked by tourist incursions
The exterior is a hodgepodge of styles and renovations over centuries
While the exterior is somewhat plain, the interior is ornate as all get out.
Can anyone tell me what the symbolism of this is?
Tile work - of course
But what fascinated me was this crazy organ done in a Chinese motif!
The Chapel of Bones (to remind you of your own mortality)
The Ark of the Holy Vending Machine
Wife Finds the Path to The Light
And finds the world at her feet
The view from the Cathedral Tower
On to the Municipal Museum which covered everything from its foundations during the Phoenician period to the present
Example of Phoenician writing from the 800-700 BC time period
Roman Mosaic Work
Modern works
An Italian Sculputure - An Ode to Pasta
The Museum Building itself is a Medieval Cloister
Visitors from France and the U.S. meet
The laundry pickings were slim
As was the street art
Concluding with Signs of the World
The Algarve has a serious problem with non-native, invasive plants. It is taking the direct approach to eliminating them.
