Faro District

The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelhos or municípios in Portuguese).

district of Portugal

thumb|right|200px|Open cataplana thumb|right|200px|Closed cataplana thumb|right|200px|Clams in a cataplana A cataplana is an item of cookware used to prepare Portuguese seafood dishes, popular in the country's Algarve region. The cataplana is also the name of a typical dish of Algarve region as well as a Portuguese item of cookware used to make the dish and a method of cooking using it. The cooking vessel can be used for cooking a wide variety of ingredients, but prawns, clams and pork cataplanas are the most popular menus of the cataplana dish.

lagoon in the Algarve, Portugal

archaeological site

Portuguese murder case