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Eleven nights of books, author talks and free open-air events at Praça do Infante, closing with the Algarve Jazz Orchestra.
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Praça do Infante and the nearby Armazém Regimental fill with publishers' stands, secondhand book stalls and a full programme of readings for the Feira do Livro de Lagos, running nightly from 19:00 to midnight.
Alongside book presentations and author signings, the programme mixes in storytelling sessions for children, poetry evenings, board games and conversation events, all free to attend. The fair closes with a concert by the Orquestra de Jazz do Algarve.
It is run by the Câmara Municipal de Lagos with the Biblioteca Municipal Júlio Dantas, and has become one of the town's fixed points of the summer calendar.
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Neapolitan pizzeria in Lagos serving pizzas, fresh pasta, antipasti and a burrata and black truffle salad, with outdoor tables.
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Hybrid school with six small Algarve learning hubs (Lagos, Lagoa, Vilamoura, Loule, Tavira) blending online study with in-person coaching, ages 12-18.
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Family-run riding centre in Almadena since 1988, with pony, farm and beginner trail rides through the western Algarve countryside.
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Studio in Lagos old town with yoga classes, private sessions, wellness treatments, workshops and a coworking space.
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Abrigo has served traditional dishes from a terrace on the pedestrian square in Lagos since 1963.
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A blue green reservoir folded into the hills north of Lagos, with dam-top views, quiet trails and not a beach bar in sight. Twenty minutes from the coast, the Bravura dam holds a lake that winds between eucalyptus and cork slopes, and almost nobody makes the detour. Cross the dam wall for the classic view down the valley, then pick up the dirt tracks along the shore for an hour of walking with only goat bells for company. Water levels swing with the rains, so the shoreline can look dramatic in dry years. There is no café and no lifeguard, which is precisely why it stays calm. Drive up via Odiáxere, take a picnic, and save the viewpoint by the dam gates for golden hour.
A necropolis of 5,000 year old monumental tombs in farmland behind Alvor, with a walk-in burial mound at its heart. Alcalar was the ceremonial centre of a Copper Age community that farmed this corner of the Algarve, and restored Monument 7 is the showpiece: a stone mound with a low passage leading to a corbelled chamber, engineering from around 3000 BC that you can peer into from the entrance corridor. Several more tombs lie around it in various states of excavation, and a small interpretation centre sets the scene. Few people come, so you will likely share the site only with larks and the wind. It is signposted from Mexilhoeira Grande off the N125; combine it with lunch in Alvor or Figueira.
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