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A Tour of Faro, part I 18 19 TEXT: Angelika Jończyk
PHOTO: Alba Vallés

The past builds the

present

Let me, dear reader, take you Portuguese gastronomy, and the
on a journey through a city that almost year-round sun. However,
dates back to prehistoric times. these picturesque landscapes,

Currently, Faro is a city that is white and blue houses, and the
bustling with life despite its ubiquitous friendliness of the
small size, supports the cultural people are the result of rich
life of its inhabitants, and gives historical heritage, the influence

a chance to show off to all the of many different peoples, and,
artists who live here, as well as of course, the proximity of the
to those who appear in the city ocean. All these factors influen-
only passing through. And peo- ced the shaping of the current

ple come here tempted by the traditions, culture, and way of life
paradise beaches of the Algarve, of the inhabitants.

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