Top attractions in Faro

Everything worth your time in Faro, Portugal — sorted with the must-sees first.

• Ilha Deserta — nature. An uninhabited barrier island ending at mainland Portugal's southernmost point. (See prices)
• Arco da Vila — landmark. A neoclassical arch over a Moorish gate — the ceremonial way into the walled old town. (Free)
• Capela dos Ossos — cultural. A chapel lined with 1,245 skulls and the bones of over a thousand Carmelite friars. (See prices)
• Praia de Faro — beach. The city's Atlantic sandbar beach — ocean on one side, the Ria Formosa lagoon on the other. (Free)
• Sé Catedral de Faro — historical. Thirteenth-century cathedral rebuilt after 1596; climb the bell tower past the stork nests. (See prices)
• Mercado Municipal de Faro — market. Two floors of market: Ria Formosa fish and shellfish below, produce and cafés above. (Free)
• Museu Municipal de Faro — museum. Roman mosaics and Moorish finds in a sixteenth-century convent cloister behind the cathedral. (See prices)
• Teatro Lethes — entertainment. An Italianate nineteenth-century jewel box in a converted Jesuit college, still programming. (See prices)

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