Hotel Marina Rio

Lagos


Opposite the footbridge leading to the marina and on to Meia Praia, this ideally positioned hotel completed renovations in 2019. Rooms open onto balconies, but the best views are from the rooftop terrace, which has a small swimming pool.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Lagos attractions

1. Museu de Cera dos Descobrimentos

0.29 MILES

Unlike typical celebrity-filled wax museums, this one has 22 historic wax figures representing 16 different points in time during Portugal's Age of…

2. Centro Ciênia Viva de Lagos

0.29 MILES

Young adventurers will especially love this science museum devoted to Portuguese seafaring in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its main exhibit covers the age…

3. Town Walls

0.31 MILES

On the western side of the centre is a restored section of the stout town walls, built (atop earlier versions) during the reigns of both Manuel I and João…

4. Statue of Dom Sebastião

0.36 MILES

In the centre of town, this silvery sculpture by João Cutileiro, commemorating the ill-fated founder of the city in armour, was inaugurated 1973.

5. Antigo Mercado de Escravos

0.54 MILES

Set in the building believed to be Europe's first slave market, when slaves from the west coast of Africa were brought here in 1444, this small museum…

6. Statue of Prince Henry the Navigator

0.55 MILES

This statue commemorates the prince of Portugal who used Lagos as a launch pad for many of the expeditions he commissioned. It was inaugurated in 1960 on…

7. Meia Praia

0.58 MILES

Arcing in a 4km-long crescent, this vast expanse of golden sand has water sports outlets, and laid-back restaurants and beach bars.

8. Igreja de Santa Maria

0.58 MILES

The symmetrical Igreja de Santa Maria was built during the 15th and 16th centuries and retains a 16th-century entrance; the rest of the remaining…