The Garden

Top choice in Lagos


Filled with flowering hibiscus, bougainvillea and citrus trees, with a mural of a barrelling wave, this fabulous beer garden is a brilliant spot to lounge with a beer or cocktail on a sunny afternoon. The aromas of barbecuing meat and seafood will make you want to stay for a meal. Look for the kissing snails painted on the outside wall.

Its tortoiseshell cat, Burney, is otherwise known as 'the boss'.


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1. Igreja de Santo António

0.08 MILES

A baroque extravaganza, this little church bursts with gilded, carved wood and beaming cherubs. The dome and azulejo panels were installed during repairs…

2. Museu Municipal

0.08 MILES

The town museum holds a bit of everything: swords and pistols, landscapes and portraits, minerals and crystals, coins, Moorish pottery, miniature…

3. Lançarote Gate

0.09 MILES

Part of the medieval walls, this archway provides southern access to the old town.

4. Antigo Mercado de Escravos

0.13 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…

5. Igreja de Santa Maria

0.13 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…

6. Statue of Prince Henry the Navigator

0.15 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. Castelo dos Governadores

0.17 MILES

Built by the Moors, Lagos' castle was conquered by Christian forces in the 13th century. It's said that the ill-fated, evangelical Dom Sebastião attended…

8. Fortaleza da Ponta da Bandeira

0.24 MILES

Entered via a drawbridge, this petite fortress was built in the 17th century to protect the port. Now restored, it houses an exhibition on the Portuguese…