Faro is the southernmost city in Continental Portugal. It is located in the Faro Municipality in southern Portugal.The city has 41,934 inhabitants and the entire municipality has 64.560 (2011). It is the seat of the Faro District and capital of the Algarve region.
The Algarve and Faro district cover the same territory.
Faro region and the Ria Formosa lagoon attracted human occupants from the Palaeolithic age until the end of pre-history. During that time a settlement grew up – Ossonoba – which was an important town during the period of Roman occupation and, according to historians, the forerunner of present-day Faro. From the 3rd century onwards and during the Visigothic period it was the site of an Episcopal see.
With the advent of Moorish rule in the 8th century Ossonoba retained its status as the most important town in the southwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula.
Nowadays Faro, capital city of the Algarve, offers so much more than just a landing point in Portugal. It is a city full of history, great shops, restaurants and cafes aplenty, theatres and galleries, great beaches and the Ria Formosa nature reserve on the door step. The central area is really quite compact with everything within easy walking distance.
Faro airport is not too far away from the city itself. In recent years the numbers of visitors traveling through the airport has increased as more and more low-cost airlines compete to offer cheap flights to the Algarve. A total of 9.0 million passengers used Faro airport in 2019.
The transport facilities to and from Faro airport with the centre of Faro include taxicabs and a bus line. The ideal transportation for those who arrive at Faro airport and want to get out and visit the territory is a rental car.
Faro airport hosts a considerable amount of rent a car companies, some of which make the car rental delivery directly at the airport car park to give more comfort to their customers as it is the case of Portugal Cars.