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Casa da Moura

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Rua Cardeal Neto nº10/ Apartado 782

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Double from 55.00 to 135.00 EUR

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Golf, Sailing, Horseback Riding, Windsurf, Fishing, Cycling, Tennis, Scuba Diving

II	Hotel Facilities

Casa da Moura

Lagos - Algarve

Bed & Breakfast

Number of rooms: 8

Casa da Moura (the Moorish House) certainly lives up to its name, as this is a sumptuous Lagos town house that would not feel out of place in North Africa. Not surprising, as the owners went to Morocco in search of artisans and authentic materials to provide the interior furnishings. The end result is a pleasing sense of exotic freshness, evident as soon as one passes through the door - tile floor, walls painted in warm colours, candle-hanging lamps and Berber carpets. The eight bedrooms are also all named after Moroccan cities, and the theme fits in perfectly well in this region of Portugal where the Moorish influence and Arab legacy is all too evident. Other aspects include the dining room, which is based on the third floor terrace and provides views of the city, Lagos bay and the marina. The exterior also includes a terracotta courtyard with a small swimming pool and decked out with sun chairs. Lagos itself is one of the more attractive Algarve resorts (it has suffered less at the hands of developers) and Nun’s square, which is part of Nossa Senhora da Gloria’s Convent is an historic heritage of Lagos and only a five minute walk away.

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ll	Activities

Visit Burgau and Salema Villages, intensively developed holiday spots, though one still retains vestiges of its former fidhing village live. From Figueira village take a 20-30 min. walk to beautiful Figueira Beach. Often more or less deserted except for a few campers.
Further west near the Raposeira Village, visit Zavial Beach and Ingrina Beach. If visiting Vila do Bispo, a fairly scrappy little town whose kernel of old white houses centers on lovely seventeenth-century parish church, don't miss to stop by at Restaurant "Casa Correia".

Monuments in Lagos:

Ermida de São João Baptista - Built in the 15th/16th centuries and rebuilt in the 18th. Its main chapel is constructed on an octagonal floor plan.

Praça Infante D. Henrique - This building, which has a symmetrical façade, dates back to the 15th/16th centuries.

Igreja de Santo António - Church from the 17th/18th century in a baroque style. There is a
Regional museum housed in an annex to the Baroque Church of Santo António and has an archaeological collection from various periods, sacred art, including vestments, crucifixes and images (16th -18th century),

Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos - This Carmelite sanctuary was a hermitage dedicated to Saint Peter in Pulgão where a statues of Nossa Senhora das Dores was placed, perhaps in the eighteenth century.

Mercado de Escravos (Slave market) - The place where the first slaves brought back by ships from their journeys to Africa were sold (15th century). Four arcades at floor level define a patio. One of the walls bears the arms of the Marquis of Nisa (17th century). On one side, a window (once a door) from the 15th century.

Muralhas e Torreões - Walls and turrets of the Castle at Lagos. Still existing are the gates (Porta de Portugal and Porta do Postigo) and the remains of an old palace. In one of the sections of the walls is a Manueline window, from which, according to tradition, D. Sebastião attended an open-air celebration of Mass before setting sail for Alcácer Quibir.

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ll	Tips & Getting There

The hotel is located within the Moorish walls of the old town, some 5 minutes by foot from the town centre. Getting there is by way of the “Avenida dos Descobrimentos”. On entering Lagos go up the whole Avenue, including the gradient. Turn right at the first traffic lights, go down and at the second on the left go through the arch that accedes to the Moorish walls. After going in, turn at the 2nd left, then 2nd left again, 1st right and your in front of Casa da Moura.

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