Towns and Villages

A small Algarvian village that is worth visiting in particular for the Capela de São Lourenço de Matos, a small chapel decorated on the inside with some of the finest examples of eighteenth-century azulejos in Portugal.

Around the chapel, the houses retain much of the character and charm of the old Algarve, and here a group of carefully preserved old buildings have been used to house an art gallery.

Almancil also offers visitors the chance to purchase some excellent traditional ceramic pieces.