a visit to faro, the capital of the algarve province with its 13th century city centre. then we follow on to the moorish town of olhão, a key town for fishing and its important fish market. visit the attractive and charming old town of tavira with a 4th century roman bridge and its many churches. then on to gilão and cacela velha. finally to monte gordo and vila real de santo antónio, the border town with spain, separated by the generous mouth of the river guadiana.we start our tour by visiting the sanctuary of fatima, with free time for lunch (not included), shopping and a possibility of attending a mass either at the cathedral or at the chapel of apparitions. the tour proceeds to the village of aljustrel, visiting the houses where the three little shepherds were born and grew up. return to algarve.a chance to visit the mountains and see some remains of its moorish and roman existence. silves (the old moorish capital) castle and cathedral. climb the monchique mountains to foia - the highest point of the algarve. after lunch we will journey over to the beautiful town of lagos - indoor slave market (the first in europe), saint anthony's golden church, fort and old town. afterwards we continue on to cape saint vincent, the most southwesterly point of europe, known as ?the end of the world?.
