The progress has turned Albufeira into a city with tourism and leisure as its vocation but the streets in the hold Cerro da Vila (mediaeval area) still preserve the picturesque appeal of whitewashed houses and steeply narrow streets. In Travessa da Igreja Velha, an old moorish arch indicates the place where once stood a primitive mosque, later transformed in the town’s first church.
With 20 very different beaches to choose from, Albufeira delights them all.