São Brás de Alportel is an inland municipality of the Algarve, with 11 248 inhabitants across 153 km², between Loulé, Faro and Tavira.
The town, with a tradition of cork production, spreads across a valley with views towards the hills of the serra and the sea.
Monuments in São Brás de Alportel
Igreja Matriz de São Brás de Alportel: parish church from the 15th century, rebuilt in the 16th century and restored after the 1755 earthquake, with a marble baptistery, a material seldom used in the monuments of the region, and 17th-century paintings in the chancel.
Museums and culture in São Brás de Alportel
Museu do Traje de São Brás de Alportel: collection of traditional Algarve costumes, in a bourgeois-style house.
Places near São Brás de Alportel
Loulé (72 332 inhabitants · 764 km²): market town to the west.
Faro (67 622 inhabitants · 203 km²): regional capital to the south.
Tavira (27 523 inhabitants · 607 km²): coastal city to the east.
