Populated since prehistoric times, the place where it is today Albufeira was an important fishing and port center, according to references that go back to the neolithic and the age of the bronze period. Several people passed through the town, among them the Romans who named it Baltum and later the Arabs who gave it the name Al-buhera, or “castle of the sea” and which gave rise to the present toponym of the city. Albufeira was one of the Algarve … Continue reading Algarve