Lagos is situated in the southeaster extremity of the Algarve and Europe. Its strategic location made Lagos a meeting point of international trade routes, where people from diverse cultures and origins crossed their paths as far back as 2000B.C.
It was in Lagos that during the XV century, the Infante D.Henrique built the caravels that opened way to the odyssey that the Portuguese Descobrimentos were. Nowadays just like in those ancient times, the city continues to be a melting pot of different traditions and civilizations, reflected in a diversified tourism offer naturally pointed towards sea related activities