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Loulé (map)
Loulé
is a nice little town north of Faro. Close by you will find lovely, sandy beaches like Vilamoura, Falésia and excellent golf courses like Vale do Lobo or Quinta do Lago and many others. Fun parks for kids and adults located nearby are Zoomarine or Aqualand.
Loulé has a beautiful market hall with a bright red onion-shaped dome in moorish style, which is the symbol of the city. On Saturdays the market expands to the outside, too, where the local farmers offer their home grown produce.
Behind the market halls, you can explore the old town. Loulé is very attractive for shopping, for errands and sight-seeing. Streets are lined with shops offering crafts, saddlery goods, leather, pottery or hand hammered copper pots for cooking. A stroll through the town is interesting and the former monastery "Convento do Espírito Santo", the castle, the museum, the city gate and various churches are worth a visit.
Loulé is very popular during the Carneval, it is celebrated here like "tiny Brazil", crazy and wild. In the summer there are wonderful live music festivals for Jazz and other genres. Flea markets and Antique markets take place regularly (See the booklet: "Guia/Guide of the Algarve", free of charge at the tourist office).
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