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A charity event featuring music, dance and individual testimonies, aimed at raising funds to transform the waiting room of the oncology department at Faro Hospital into a more humane, dignified and we
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A charity event featuring music, dance and individual testimonies, aimed at raising funds to transform the waiting room of the oncology department at Faro Hospital into a more humane, dignified and welcoming space.
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Pizzeria with a restaurant in Gambelas, takeaway and home delivery in Faro. Hand-stretched dough and fresh ingredients.
300 m from the venue
Private hospital in Gambelas, Faro, with 24-hour adult urgent care, a maternity ward and a neonatal intensive care unit.
1.4 km from the venue
Traditional Portuguese home cooking in Montenegro, Faro, with takeaway, outdoor seating and free parking. Open Monday to Saturday.
1.6 km from the venue
Car hire at Faro Airport with online booking, a loyalty club and delivery across the Algarve and to Lisbon Airport.
1.7 km from the venue
Dance association with schools in Faro, Loulé, Estoi, Moncarapacho and São Brás, for children, young people and adults.
1.7 km from the venue
Tennis, padel and squash club in Faro offering coaching, social and official tournaments.
1.8 km from the venue
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Flat lagoon-side tracks between Faro airport and Quinta do Lago where flamingos feed in old salt pans. The Ludo estate is the Ria Formosa at its most generous: former salinas and freshwater ponds threaded by sandy service tracks that anyone can walk or cycle. Flamingos are the headline act and are present most of the year, joined by spoonbills, black-winged stilts and, in the pines, chameleons you will almost certainly not spot. The route connects to the São Lourenço birdwatching trail, so you can make a morning of it, and the airport runway makes a surreal backdrop for photographs. Start from the dirt road off the Praia de Faro bridge or from the Quinta do Lago side, go early for the light, and bring binoculars.
The long wooden footbridge across the Ria Formosa at Quinta do Lago, at its best in the hour after sunrise. By mid morning this boardwalk is a procession of beach bags, but at dawn it belongs to herons, joggers and whoever bothered to set an alarm. The bridge crosses lake, marsh and dune on its way to Praia da Quinta do Lago, and the low light across the wetland is the closest the Golden Triangle gets to wilderness. Anglers work the channel below, and the São Lourenço nature trail begins by the lake if you want to extend the walk. Park at the Praia da Quinta do Lago car park at the end of the avenue; arriving before eight in summer also means beating the parking queue.
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