Description Lagos

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Lagos is a Portuguese city in the District of Faro, region and sub-region of the Algarve, with about 27 949 inhabitants. It is located in Barlavento Algarvio (the western part of the Algarve).

It is the seat of a municipality with an area of ??212.99 km² and 31 049 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 4 parishes. The municipality is limited to the north by Monchique, to the east by Portimão, to the west by Vila do Bispo, to the northwest by Aljezur and to the south by a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.

Lagos is historically associated with the Portuguese Discoveries, and today it is one of the most attractive tourist centers in the Algarve, with exceptional beaches and cultural and religious heritage, as well as a highly dynamic nightlife. Currently, the majority of the population resides dispersed in the territory of the municipality, outside the historic center of the city, working mainly in the tourist industry and services. The historic center is practically all pedestrian, offering a wide range of commercial or cultural establishments, restaurants, bars or cafés to visit. In 2012 the TripAdvisor site placed Lagos in the first position of "The 15 growing destinations".

The city and municipality of Lagos is one of the most beautiful places in the Algarve. Discovered, for the first time, more than two thousand years ago, the city is an area of ??ancestral experiences, where modernity and tradition, contemporaneity and the legacy of a remarkable historical past coexist side by side.