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The exhibition invites reflection on transformation as a defining feature of the present. In an era marked by ecological crisis, technological acceleration, the fragility of social bonds, the instabil
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The exhibition invites reflection on transformation as a defining feature of the present. In an era marked by ecological crisis, technological acceleration, the fragility of social bonds, the instability of identities and the constant re-evaluation of social and historical narratives, matter ceases to be merely a medium: it becomes body, memory, territory, ruin, residue, image, data and possibility.
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PADI 5-Star IDC dive centre in Lagos, daily trips to Ponta da Piedade and the Ocean Revival wreck park, full range of PADI courses.
300 m from the venue
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“Ponta da Piedade is one of my favourite places around Lagos — breathtaking views, beautiful turquoise waters and amazing rock formations. I never get tired of seeing it! 🌊❤️”

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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New edition of the Almanaque da Aldeia initiative at the Cacela heritage research centre (CIIPC), focused on pumpkin as the featured dish. Open to the local community and the public; prior registratio


Short painting and drawing courses led by artists from a local gallery.

Mould, paint and glaze an almond blossom piece in the Algarve pottery tradition.