On the village square, this small museum has a model of a waterwheel as well as information panels (in Portuguese) on water use. There's also a tourist office here, and it holds the keys to the church opposite. Despite official opening hours, you'll often find staff members here at weekends.
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One of the Algarve's 鈥 and Portugal's 鈥 most emblematic sights, this huge natural seaside cave has a hole in its ceiling through which streaming sunlit鈥
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo & Capela dos Ossos
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Within the area encompassed by what remains of Salir's ruined castle, this little museum has a glass floor above the 12th-century Moorish foundations鈥
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Below what was once a bishop's palace, this pretty garden has an 18th-century covered water fountain with eight spouts, and is a shady place for a picnic.
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This interpretive centre has a small exhibition on Moorish and Roman history in the area, and information on the Cal莽adinha de S茫o Br谩s de Alportel, an鈥