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City of Destination
A little town of history now becomes the hot market centre, thriving fishing port as well as one of the most popular tourist destination in Algarve. Within walking distances of some beaches the city is also one of the historic centres of Portugal. One of the most liked destination of the Prince Henry (Navigator), who made the Logos as the base for the new African Trade.
Europe's first slave market was built here in 1441 in the arches of the Customs House which still stands in the Praça da República near the waterfront. In this same square is the Church of Santa Maria, from whose whimsical Manueline windows the youthful Dom Sebastião is said to have roused his troops before the ill-fated Moroccan expedition of 1578 - he was to perish at Alcácer-Quibir with almost the entire Portuguese nobility. He's commemorated in the centre of Lagos by a fantastically dreadful statue. On the waterfront and to the rear of the town are the remains of Lagos' once impregnable fortifications, devastated by the Great Earthquake. One rare and beautiful church which did survive for restoration was the Igreja de Santo António ; decorated around 1715, its gilt and carved interior is wildly obsessive, every inch filled with a private fantasy of cherubic youths struggling with animals and fish.
To the east of Lagos is a splendid sweep of sand - Meia Prais - where there's space even at the height of summer, while the promontory south is fringed by extravagantly eroded cliff faces that shelter a series of tiny cove beaches . All are within easy walking distance of the old town, but the headland is now cut up by campsites, hotels, roads and a multitude of tracks, and the beaches all tend to be overcrowded. Of these Praia de Dona Ana is considered the most picturesque, though its crowds make the smaller coves of Praia do Pinhão , down a track just opposite the fire station, and Praia Camilo , a little further along, just as appealing.
All in all Lagos has around almost eight million inhabitants and is considered to be the seconf fastest grwing city in all of Africa. You can hire a car in Portugal and visit this city, which was formerly also the capital of Nigeria. In fact if you want you can also travel in your Lagos car rental car to the Lagos Island which lies close to the Atlantic Ocean and stretches to around a hundred kilometer. You can rent a car in Portugal and travel to the destinations of your choice. Have a wonderful Lagos experience, that you will surely remember for a long time to come!
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