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Loulé

Discover the 11 parishes that make up the municipality of Loulé, Faro district.

11 Parishes
72,332 Inhabitants
226m Avg. Altitude
Suggested route

The Route of Loulé

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 8 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

Quarteira 1

Quarteira

24,420 inh.

Boliqueime 2

Boliqueime

4,789 inh.

Benafim 3

Benafim

1,260 inh.

Tôr 4

Tôr

1,260 inh.

Loulé (São Sebastião) 5

Loulé (São Sebastião)

6,807 inh.

Loulé (São Clemente) 6

Loulé (São Clemente)

17,930 inh.

Almancil 7

Almancil

11,291 inh.

Querença 8

Querença

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This route is calculated geographically to minimise travel. Perfect for discovering the municipality at your own pace.

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Parishes
of Loulé

11 parishes
Almancil
Loulé

Almancil

Cobalt azulejos, pistol-cracking carob & salt-mist views above the N125

11K 62m
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Alte
Loulé

Alte

Follow the granite stream through Alte’s white lanes, past Moorish channels and candle-lit feasts

2K 228m
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Ameixial
Loulé

Ameixial

Silent schist ridge-village above Loulé, scented with rockrose and light Algarve wine

381 391m
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Benafim
Loulé

Benafim

Loulé’s high hamlet survives on 400 mm rain, €3 wine and 1 260 neighbours

1K 253m
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Boliqueime
Loulé

Boliqueime

São Faustino's 1837 bronze, Tudor-quake church & carob-milling windmill crown Loulé's limestone ridg

5K 145m
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Loulé (São Clemente)
Loulé

Loulé (São Clemente)

Climb Moorish towers, sip strawberry-tree firewater, bargain for thyme honey in Saturday's golden ma

18K 234m
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Loulé (São Sebastião)
Loulé

Loulé (São Sebastião)

Walk taipa battlements, inhale penny-steeped markets, hear cork-dry hills hum beneath Sé’s cobalt do

7K 178m
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Quarteira
Loulé

Quarteira

From 1297 charter to 08:45 fish auction, Quarteira’s salted soul unfolds between market smoke and ca

24K 4m
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Querença
Loulé

Querença

Above Loulé’s cork ridges, carob-scented lanes lead to chilled fountains and almond-blossom hush

0 369m
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Salir
Loulé

Salir

Ridge-top village above Loulé, scented with fermenting berries and toasted bark.

2K 485m
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Tôr
Loulé

Tôr

Uncork Touriga Nacional above Loulé’s silent terraces, where elders still outnumber guides.

1K 142m
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