Faro

Last day in Portugal. We catch a ferry to Faro across the lagoon - similar to Venice but lots more natural. Loads of people on first ferry of day (no don’t worry we aren’t up at the crack of dawn, the first ferry is at 10.30am) who are coming over to the beach for the day.

On ferry ride across lagoon to Faro from campsite

Lagoon at Faro

Nice old town by the water and of course there is a Church to look at, and again it’s pretty impressive and the entry gets you to museum and courtyard with tiny Chapel for St Michael and a small Bones Chapel. As I say, the Church is pretty impressive with about 10 different Chapels and another grand wooden pipe organ inside - so there's lots and lots of photos!

View of Church

Very ornate Chapel inside Church

Another extremely ornate Chapel in Church

Tiled Chapel in Church

Depiction of Christ on cross as well as in coffin below

Again, another ornate Chapel in Church

OK, here's another ornate Chapel

Yep, one more

Wooden organ in wall around Church

Another shot of that wooden pipe organ in the Church - pretty amazing

Overview of Church from Choir section of the Church

Alter in Church

Small bones Chapel inside Church

Also you get to climb the Bell Tower, which is again hard work with v skinny staircase (one way at a time), steep, high steps ( surely they don’t meet Building Regs!), and worn sandstone to the point of being slippery - but we make it up although it takes a bit out of me.

Bell in Bell Tower - up those very steep stairs

Overview of square at Faro - taken from Bell Tower at Church

Wander rest of town and see the "usual" sardine shop and lovely parks. It’s hot again, so (eventually) find a spot to buy (so far most expensive) decaf, soy! coffee, and Bob finds a store for Coke and water, and we sit in a nice park and eat our morning tea (what’s the time again?) - who knows?

Lovely park in Faro

Blue tiled plaque and "old wall" around old town

Interesting bronze sculpture of many, many men carrying religious ceremonial cart

Kerrie outside "old wall" around old town

Gorgeous little tortoises in pond in park

Typical sardine shop - all around Portugal

Lovely archway in old walls around town

View of buildings in old town

Statue in Square at Faro old town

Head off to the other important Church but alas it’s closed between 1-3pm, so walk back towards the town, find kebab joint, and after much debate it’s a Doner kebab for B (nice, big, almost enough for two) and chicken wrap for K (nice if you like lots of red onion). Chat to Aussies who come and sit at next table , from Pemberton in WA, and on an Intrepid tour (which they are enjoying).

Catch a ferry back , take a quick squiz at the beach and settle in for nibbles only as not v hungry again.

Adeus for now