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Description The is composed of 5.411 square kilometres with approx. 350,000 permanent inhabitants. This figure can swell to over a million people at the height of the summer. Its administrative centre is Faro controlling 16 Municipalities, who in turn govern a total of 77 Parishes.

The length of the south facing coastline is approx. 155 kilometres and stretches about 52 kilometres to the north on the west. At the widest point to the north, it is approximately 36 kilometres deep. Communication is by road but there is single-track railway line running from Lagos to Vila Real do Santo António that also links to the line running to Lisbon and the north. The old "EN125" main road runs along the whole coast and has now been partially replaced by a new dual carriageway "Via do Infante" starting at the border to Spain and stretching to just north of Albufeira and links with the main road to Lisbon. This motorway has been extended to Alcantarilha some 17 kilometres further west and is now in process of construction to the town of Lagoa. There is one international airport located close to Faro and this conveniently lies in the middle of the coastline.

Located on the tip of Europe with the vast ocean of the Atlantic as its southern and western border, this enviable position gives this region possibly the most unpolluted climate in the European continent. The Holiday Agency specializes in private Villas and rentals, with extensive accommodation and availability.