Description Lagoa

Lagoa is a Portuguese city belonging to the district of Faro in the province, region and sub-region of the Algarve, with about 6 000 inhabitants.

It is the seat of a municipality with an area of ??88.25 km² and 22 975 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 4 parishes. The municipality is limited to the north and east by the municipality of Silves, to the west by Portimão and to the south it has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.

The turquoise sea framed by ocher cliffs and soft sand beaches. Bunches of grapes ripening in the hot summer sun. The shapes, the colors, the designs of a pottery with centuries-old origins are attractive in Lagoa and its municipality, complemented by the colorful traditional fishing ports, the churches and chapels, or by the imaginative unique features of the Lagoa coast.

If the date of Lagoa's foundation is unknown and if it was only from 1773, with the elevation of the village, its history is documented, it is known however that Estômbar and Porches were important centers in the Islamic and medieval period and that Ferragudo had defense walls. Fishing and the fish canning industry brought, at the end of the century. XIX and first decades of the century. XX, prosperity and dynamism to Lagoa. Today's role played by tourism and a growing diversity of economic activities, which insert Lagoa and its municipality in the modern Algarve.