{"id":1304348,"date":"2026-09-30T18:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1304348"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:35:00","slug":"faro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/portugal\/faro\/","title":{"rendered":"Faro"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302678,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","hw_hu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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Faro","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"The Algarve city everyone flies into and nobody stays in. A walled old town, a lagoon of sandbar islands, and prices a third of what Lagos charges.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304395","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"60km | Of Ria Formosa lagoon\r\n\u20ac2\u20135 | The ferry to a beach island\r\n4 | Islands you can reach by boat","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"The airport city that is a city","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Almost everyone who visits the Algarve lands at Faro and leaves within an hour. The ones who stay find a small walled old town, a cathedral you can climb, storks nesting on every rooftop, and a lagoon full of sandbar islands with beaches better than most of the resort coast.\r\n\r\nThe Ria Formosa is the point: sixty kilometres of protected lagoon, tidal flats and barrier islands, with ferries running out to Culatra, Farol and Deserta from the town quay for a couple of euros.\r\n\r\nTwo days is enough, and Faro works better as a base than people expect \u2014 Tavira, Olh\u00e3o and the Spanish border are all short train rides, and the beds cost a third of what Lagos charges in August.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in from the airport | Bus 16, 20 minutes, about \u20ac2.50. Taxi \u20ac12\u201315\r\nGetting around | Walkable. Ferries from the quay to the islands\r\nLanguage | Portuguese. English widely spoken\r\nTap water | Safe to drink\r\nBeaches | None in the town itself. All reached by ferry or bus\r\nStorks | Nesting on the rooftops from February. They are loud","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Faro is small. Almost everything is within ten minutes of the marina.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Cidade Velha | Atmosphere | Inside the walls: the cathedral, cobbled lanes, the bone chapel and almost no traffic. | 37.0140 | -7.9350 |  | \nBaixa and the marina | Convenience | The pedestrian streets and the waterfront, where the ferries, restaurants and most hostels are. | 37.0170 | -7.9350 |  | \nPraia de Faro | Beach days | On the sandbar at the end of the airport road: a long beach, a few bars and the lagoon behind it. | 36.9970 | -7.9880 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Faro","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Take a boat into the Ria Formosa. Ferries from the quay reach Culatra and Farol in about 45 minutes for a couple of euros each way, and both are sandbar islands with almost nothing on them but a beach, a few houses and a fish restaurant. Small tour boats do the lagoon and its birdlife for \u20ac25 to \u20ac35.\r\n\r\nThe old town takes an hour: a walled quarter entered through the Arco da Vila, a cathedral with a roof terrace you can climb for the lagoon view, and the Capela dos Ossos, a chapel lined with the bones of a thousand monks.\r\n\r\nThe municipal museum in a former convent is quiet and good. And the airport road runs out to Praia de Faro, a long sandbar beach ten minutes by bus.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Ferry to the islands | Culatra and Farol, about 45 minutes and a couple of euros\r\nCathedral roof | Climb it for the lagoon view. A couple of euros\r\nCapela dos Ossos | A chapel lined with monks' bones, behind the Carmo church\r\nRia Formosa boat tour | \u20ac25\u201335 for the lagoon and its birdlife","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Faro","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Faro","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The old town costs nothing to walk and takes an hour, including the walls, the Arco da Vila and the storks nesting on every tower.\r\n\r\nThe marina and the boardwalk along the lagoon are free, and the sunset from the quay is the best thing in town on a clear evening.\r\n\r\nPraia de Faro is a free beach at the end of a \u20ac2.50 bus, and the salt pans east of town are a birdwatching site where flamingos turn up between November and March.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The walled old town | An hour on foot, and free\r\nLagoon boardwalk | From the marina at sunset\r\nSalt pans | Flamingos from November to March\r\nStorks | On every rooftop from February","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Faro","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Faro","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Faro eats better than the resorts because it feeds people who live here. A prato do dia runs \u20ac7 to \u20ac10 in the streets behind the marina, and the fish is landed at Olh\u00e3o twenty minutes away.\r\n\r\nClams \u2014 am\u00eaijoas \u00e0 Bulh\u00e3o Pato, cooked with garlic, white wine and coriander \u2014 are the regional dish and cost \u20ac10 to \u20ac14.\r\n\r\nThe islands do the best fish lunch in the Algarve: a handful of restaurants on Culatra and Farol grilling whatever came in that morning, eaten in a plastic chair with sand underfoot.\r\n\r\nThe town has a small bar scene around Rua do Prior, aimed at students from the university rather than visitors.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Prato do dia | \u20ac7\u201310 behind the marina\r\nAm\u00eaijoas \u00e0 Bulh\u00e3o Pato | Clams in garlic, wine and coriander. \u20ac10\u201314\r\nIsland lunch | Grilled fish on Culatra or Farol, feet in the sand\r\nOlh\u00e3o market | Twenty minutes east, and the best fish market on the coast","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Faro","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Faro","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Faro has a university, and the nightlife reflects that rather than tourism. The bars around Rua do Prior and Rua Conselheiro B\u00edvar fill with students from Thursday, and prices are local.\r\n\r\nIt is small \u2014 a handful of bars and two or three clubs \u2014 and it is nothing like Lagos or Albufeira, which is either the appeal or the problem.\r\n\r\nBeer is \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac3, and the marina terraces charge more for the view.\r\n\r\nIn summer, the beach bars at Praia de Faro run until late and the last bus back is the thing to check before you settle in.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Rua do Prior | The student bar street, busiest from Thursday\r\nPrices | A beer \u20ac1.50\u20133, local rather than resort\r\nPraia de Faro | Beach bars in summer. Check the last bus\r\nScale | Small. Lagos and Albufeira are the alternatives","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Faro","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Faro","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Everything in town is walkable. Bus 16 runs from the airport to the bus station in 20 minutes for about \u20ac2.50, and the same line continues to Praia de Faro.\r\n\r\nFerries leave the quay below the old town for Culatra, Farol and Deserta several times a day, more often in summer, for \u20ac2 to \u20ac5 each way. Check the last return before you go.\r\n\r\nThe train station is five minutes from the centre, with the Algarve line running west to Lagos in an hour and three quarters and east to Tavira in 40 minutes and the Spanish border beyond it.\r\n\r\nBuses reach Seville in about three hours, which makes Faro a useful hop into Andalusia.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Airport bus 16 | 20 minutes, about \u20ac2.50, and it continues to the beach\r\nIsland ferries | \u20ac2\u20135 each way. Check the last boat back\r\nTrain | Lagos in 1h45 west, Tavira in 40 minutes east\r\nSeville | About three hours by bus","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Faro","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Faro costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Faro is the cheapest place to stay on the Algarve in summer, because it is a working city rather than a resort. Dorms run \u20ac14 to \u20ac24 even in August, when Lagos is asking \u20ac35.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac35 to \u20ac50.\r\n\r\nFerries to the islands cost a few euros, the beaches are free, and the town's restaurants are priced for residents. The one real expense is a lagoon boat tour at \u20ac25 to \u20ac35, which is worth it.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac14\u201324, and it barely moves in August\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac35\u201350\r\nIsland ferries | \u20ac2\u20135 each way\r\nCheaper than Lagos | By roughly a third in high season","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Faro","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Faro","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Faro is a quiet, safe city with very little crime aimed at visitors, and the centre is comfortable at night.\r\n\r\nThe lagoon is the thing to respect. Tides move fast across the sandbars, channels are deeper than they look, and people get caught out walking between islands at low water. Check the ferry times and the tide before going anywhere on foot.\r\n\r\nPraia de Faro is Atlantic, with rips and no lifeguard outside the main season. Swim between the flags when they are up.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Tides | They move fast across the sandbars. Do not walk between islands\r\nCheck the last ferry | The islands have very little accommodation\r\nPraia de Faro | Atlantic rips, lifeguards only in season\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Faro","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Faro","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The eastern Algarve is quieter than the west, and Seville is closer than Lisbon.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Tavira | 40 minutes | Train, about \u20ac4 | A Roman bridge, tiled churches and an island beach reached by ferry. The prettiest town on the Algarve and much calmer than the west. |  | 1304354\nOlh\u00e3o | 15 minutes | Train, about \u20ac2 | The coast's best fish market in two brick halls on the waterfront, and ferries to Armona and Culatra. |  | 1304355\nSeville | 3 hours | Bus, about \u20ac20 each way | A different country for the day, and close enough to make an overnight worth considering instead. |  | 1304357\nEstoi | 20 minutes | Bus, about \u20ac3 | A rococo palace and the Roman ruins at Milreu, in the hills just inland. |  | 1304358","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Faro","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"Faro is mild all year and never as full as the resort coast. April to June and September to October are best.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The eastern Algarve is slightly warmer and drier than the west, and the lagoon water is warmer than the open Atlantic.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 16 | 1 | Mild and very quiet. Flamingos on the salt pans\r\nFebruary | 17 | 1 | Almond blossom and storks returning to the rooftops\r\nMarch | 19 | 2 | Warming. Good for walking and the lagoon\r\nApril | 21 | 3 | Excellent. Everything open, sea still cold\r\nMay | 23 | 3 | Warm, quiet and cheap. One of the best months\r\nJune | 26 | 4 | Long days and the season starting properly\r\nJuly | 29 | 4 | Hot. Busy at the beach, still calm in town\r\nAugust | 29 | 5 | Peak, though far less extreme than Lagos\r\nSeptember | 27 | 4 | The best month. Warmest sea and thinning crowds\r\nOctober | 24 | 3 | Still swimmable and very good value\r\nNovember | 20 | 1 | Quiet and mild. Flamingo season begins\r\nDecember | 17 | 1 | Empty, cheap and pleasant for walking","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A small calendar, and one enormous motorbike rally.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Faro","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/portugal\/faro\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Faro Motorcycle Rally | July | Vale das Almas | Tens of thousands of bikers arrive for a weekend. Beds vanish and the town is loud. |  | \nFesta da Ria Formosa | August | Marina | Shellfish, music and the lagoon celebrated on the waterfront. |  | \nFlamingo season | November to March | Salt pans | Flamingos and waders on the flats east of the city. |  | \nCarnival | February | Loul\u00e9 nearby | The biggest Algarve carnival is at Loul\u00e9, twenty minutes inland. |  | \nSummer season | June to September | Islands and beaches | When the ferries run most frequently and the island restaurants are all open. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Faro barely has a high-season premium compared with the resort towns, which is the main argument for basing here.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 24 | 24 | 5 | 14\r\nComfortable | 45 | 45 | 10 | 30","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Faro","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A small scene, mostly in and around the old town and the marina, and the cheapest beds on the Algarve in August. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Faro","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/portugal\/faro\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Faro travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is Faro worth staying in? | For two days, yes, and as a base for the eastern Algarve it beats the resorts on price. It has a walled old town, a lagoon full of island beaches and beds a third cheaper than Lagos in August.\r\nDoes Faro have a beach? | Not in the town. Praia de Faro is a long sandbar beach ten minutes away on bus 16, and the better beaches are on the islands \u2014 Culatra, Farol and Deserta \u2014 reached by ferry from the quay.\r\nHow do I get from the airport? | Bus 16 takes twenty minutes and costs about \u20ac2.50, running to the bus station in the centre and on to Praia de Faro. A taxi is \u20ac12 to \u20ac15.\r\nWhat is the Ria Formosa? | Sixty kilometres of protected lagoon, tidal flats and barrier islands along the eastern Algarve, with flamingos in winter and sandbar beaches you reach by boat.\r\nFaro or Lagos? | Lagos for cliffs, beaches and nightlife. Faro for a real city, cheaper beds, island beaches and quick trains east to Tavira and Olh\u00e3o. They are an hour and three quarters apart, so many people do both.\r\nWhen should I visit? | May, June, September or October. August is busy but far less extreme than the resort towns, and winter is mild, empty and good for walking and birdlife.\r\nCan I get to Seville from here? | Yes, about three hours by bus for around \u20ac20. It is closer than Lisbon and worth an overnight rather than a day trip.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Faro hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Faro | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/portugal\/faro\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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