On September 16 we went to Faro and walked through the main gateway Arco da Vila to enter Old Town. We went for a walk around Old Town which was built 2 thousand years ago by the Romans. It is a walled city because they had lots of wars over who controlled the land. Old Town is made with cobble stone streets and giant stone walls.
There are 2 other gateways named Arco do Repouso and Porta Nova which allow people to walk in and out of Old Town. The Arco da Vila gateway had to be rebuilt after a giant earthquake in 1755 destroyed it. We walked under all three gateways on our walk.
We were surprised to see a stork and a huge nest on top of a building. We researched this and found out that Storks are very common in Faro and we saw many other nests.
It was over 30° and really humid and we decided to get some ice cream. I had blueberry cheesecake and a mystery bright blue flavour with marshmallows.
4 Comments
By The Duecks
Looks beautiful! Thank you for the information, sounds like an interesting place. And the blueberry cheesecake ice cream sounds delicious!
By Rylee Anders
Old Town was very beautiful and the ice cream was delicious!🍦
By Oma A
Lots of information about the old arches. I’ve never seen a real stork. Good choice of ice cream 🍦 😋
By Rylee Anders
The ice cream was delicious!🍦 😋