I have lived in Algarve for a long time. During the great pandemic of 2020 I decided to use my time wisely and started looking into the history of Algarve and Lagos and Faro specifically. This is what I found out about Lagos and it’s a more amazing city than you would believe.
Pirates, slavers and explorers. Everything you need to know about Lagos.
This is an easy, go at your own pace tour of Lagos. On it you’ll see and hear about
- Lagos Fort – built for defence from pirates and waring nations
- The Castle – We walk underneath through the secret tunnel
- The beautiful Marina – From here the world opened up to the Portuguese sailors.
- Slave Market – between 1500 and 1850, approximately 4.5 to 6 million enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas and Europe.
- A Caravel – The ship that took Portugal to find the world
- 1755 Earthquake and Tsunami – Only one other in history was as big as this disaster.
- Pirate attacks – In the middle of the night pirates sailed into Algarve towns and villages to steal everything, including the people.
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