São Brás de Alportel

São Brás de Alportel is a typical Algarve town offering a tranquil and unhurried lifestyle. 

The streets are lined with traditional white houses whose set against lush green hills that surround the town. 

São Brás de Alportel offers a unique architecture with several buildings with decorated fasades ornate stonework and cast iron verandas. 

These buildings are a reminder of the prosperity which this region enjoyed at the height of the cork industry: