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Lagos 5 minutes travel
Essentially
now an important tourist town there are still many architectural signs
of its ancient past, even a building dating originally back to around
1445 and is recorded as being Europe’s first building used as a
slave-market. The walls of the town are in most parts remaining after
areas of restoration.
Attached
to the famous 17th century "gold" church of Santo António
there is a small museum of regional items, some of which are quite odd!
There are several interesting statues erected to the famous past figures
that are associated with the history of this town. None more controversial
that the sculpture of Dom Sebastião standing in the main square
in front of the Town Hall.
A
more recently erected statue commemorates the Algarve’s only Saint,
São Gonçalo de Lagos who was born in 1360 and died in 1422
in Torres Vedras. Pope Pio VI raised him to Sainthood in 1778.
The
town’s more recently constructed Marina presents a lovely picture
and this harbor is the first sight a visitor has of Lagos. Besides the
boats that find it convenient as a permanent mooring it is usually full
of yachts passing through, to and from the Mediterranean. The municipal
council has constructed a modern Cultural Centre in which various exhibitions
and culturally related events are held during the year. In the Marina
different boat tours and deep sea-fishing outings can be booked.
Essentially
now an important tourist town there are still many architectural signs
of its ancient past, even a building dating originally back to around
1445 and is recorded as being Europe’s first building used as a
slave-market. The walls of the town are in most parts remaining after
areas of restoration. 
Attached
to the famous 17th century "gold" church of Santo António
there is a small museum of regional items, some of which are quite odd!
There are several interesting statues erected to the famous past figures
that are associated with the history of this town. None more controversial
that the sculpture of Dom Sebastião standing in the main square
in front of the Town Hall. 
A
more recently erected statue commemorates the Algarve’s only Saint,
São Gonçalo de Lagos who was born in 1360 and died in 1422
in Torres Vedras. Pope Pio VI raised him to Sainthood in 1778.
The
town’s more recently constructed Marina presents a lovely picture
and this harbor is the first sight a visitor has of Lagos. Besides the
boats that find it convenient as a permanent mooring it is usually full
of yachts passing through, to and from the Mediterranean. The municipal
council has constructed a modern Cultural Centre in which various exhibitions
and culturally related events are held during the year. In the Marina
different boat tours and deep sea-fishing outings can be booked.