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Algarve Photos, Lagos

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A couple of kilometres from Lagos, Dona Ana beach.

Lagos is without question the most interesting town on Portugal's Algarve coast, offering not only great beaches nearby but also a real history and a pretty town with varied and sophisticated bars and restaurants.
Lagos' convenient and well-protected river port was fought over by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and Moors - who left their usual mark in the shape of massive town walls. Later Lagos became a base for the country's dramatic 'Age of Discoveries' naval world power era.
In 1444 Lagos was the site of the first sale of black slaves to Europeans and soon developed into a major slave trading port, growing in power and stature until the big quake of 1755 inflicted a crushing and permanent defeat on their military pretensions and barbaric trade.

Just east of the town is the biggest beach in the area, Meia Praia, loaded with everything a beach bum might need, while to the south are a cluster of cute coves backed by ochre cliffs pocked with caves and grottos, such as Dona Ana, pictured above..

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