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Faro

Pibliye: 15.09.2023

Hello folks,

It's that time again and I'm taking a few hours to update you. I'm currently sitting in Portugal - more precisely in the Algarve - and enjoying my time in a very hip campsite.

So I still have to show you all the places that took me to the almost southwestern point of Europe. This includes, after my first defeat when I arrived in Portugal from Spain, I got into a fight with an employee of the campsite, which was supposed to be my first stopover. The dear employee didn't want to let me park my normal car on a property because this is only reserved for caravans and "real" campers. But she would have allowed a car with a roof tent. After I called the next larger campsite and the lady there told me the same thing about her campsite, I briefly thought about whether this was the case throughout Portugal and whether I would have to put up and take down my tent every time . I didn't feel like doing that and in my fatalistic thoughts I was about to write off Portugal and go back to Spain. Fortunately, this train of thought was only there for a very short time and I then decided on a spot on the tent meadow but simply didn't put up a tent. I therefore paid €6 less and the campsite ruined its own business. THAT'S RUBBISH!

I prepared breakfast for the next day the evening before so that I could get away from this campsite as quickly as possible and then drove to Faro. I parked the car here and looked for a nice spot for my breakfast.

On the way to this spot I already saw some of the typical sights of the city, as I parked the car near the harbor and outside the old city walls.

Nice here.
Church of Santa Maria
Church of Santa Maria
Faro harbor district
Praca de D. Afonso III.
Arco da Vila (city gate) - Porta Arabé with the storks' nests on the roof

The stork nests in particular were pretty cool, although I have to say that since I was so used to storks in the Black Forest, I no longer find them as extraordinary as before.

hibiscus

As can be seen from some of the pictures, the city was currently in the process of dismantling a festival that took place throughout the city from September 1st to 4th. Unfortunately I was too late for this.

Faro harbor square

The mosaic floors in Faro are really beautiful and have a wide variety of shapes and forms. I then made myself comfortable on the harbor square and enjoyed my breakfast under the watchful eyes of a few pigeons. I was attacked from behind by a magpie, which made itself comfortable in the shady tree above me. Afterwards I sat in the sun because the risk of losing my breakfast and thus making my day noticeably worse was too high.

Attack of the common magpie

Can you see them? The well-known thieving and deceitful magpie?

Port of Faro

However, only small boats are allowed in the port of Faro and there is no space for the larger ships, which I think gives the port a very small and cute touch.

Mosaic floor
Mosaic whale / dolphin
Downtown Faro
Downtown Faro
Mosaic floor
Mosaic floor (new)

As you can see in the photos, I was there relatively early and was therefore able to enjoy some peace and quiet in the city.

Igreja da Misericórdia
Cool glasses dude

This statue reminds me of someone, but I just can't remember who. I think it was a cartoon character, but I'm not sure. Maybe you can give me a hint?

Igreja Matriz de Sao Pedro
Cool way of a "fresco"
altar

After I had explored enough of the city center, I went to one of the more bizarre attractions in the Algarve - the bone chapel. I really wanted to see this because I had already seen the Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic and was wondering whether this bone chapel looked similar.

Carmo Church
Arrival trough (I actually forgot what it's called) made of stone in the shape of a shell

Shame on my head, but I actually saw this “trough” while walking into the church and wondered what it was called again. I didn't think of the name, but it certainly looked pretty in the shape of a shell.

Interior of the church
altar
Exterior Bone Chapel - Capela dos Ossos de Faro
But let's practice counting again.
Bone Chapel - Capela dos Ossos de FaroBone Chapel - Capela dos Ossos de Faro
Bone Chapel - Capela dos Ossos de Faro
Bone Chapel - Capela dos Ossos de Faro

The Capela dos Ossos is definitely worth seeing and the €2 entrance fee to the church was well worth it, but the Kutna Hora is definitely a lot more interesting. The bones are those of monks from that time.

After I slowly strolled back through the city center, I got weak in one of the cork shops and picked up a small souvenir of the Algarve.

Bishop Francesco Gomes de Avelar
View of the islands off Faro
City walls

After I had looked at Faro and had already seen through research that there was a Starbucks not far away, I grabbed my laptop and sat in the outside area of the Starbucks with half a liter of coffee and informed you about the other places I had seen until then. Unnecessary side information: This was the cheapest half liter of coffee so far at €4.20 for an Iced Caramal Macchiato.

Blogging at Starbucks

Afterwards we went to a small family-run campsite where the dogs and cats greeted us very friendly and where my usual "sleeping in the car" was no longer a problem.

From there I planned to do a hike in the "hinterland", hiking along the coast of the Algarve and checking out Albufeira.

But more on that in the next posts.

To Faro,
Your Britta

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