Region
Most commonly known as “the Door to Europe”, mainly due to its location in the most south-western end of the continent, the Algarve is also one of the most important tourist locations in Portugal. The temperate Mediterranean weather, characterised by short and mild winters and also long, warm and dry summers, the tepid and calm waters which bathe the south coast, the natural landscape, the historical and ethnographic heritage or even the healthy and delicious local gastronomy represent some of the attributes which keep attracting millions of national and foreign tourists every year, turning the Algarve into one of most sought-after holiday destinations.