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Portuguese in Faro
Faro is a city located in the southern side of Portugal, and is the administrative centre for the whole of the Algarve region; the city is an excellent gateway to Portugal’s south coast and Spain’s Costa de la Luz. Faro dates back to Roman times and the city has Arab and Roman ruins. The city is particularly attractive because it is surrounded still by the Roman walls, inside a spacious open square that once was the site of the Roman Forum that includes a beautiful Cathedral, Episcopal Palace, churches, museums and other monuments.
About Faro
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The city has many influences since Paleolithic age, during Roman occupation the city was an important town, before the city was occupied by the Visigoth, and by the Moors who called to the city as Ossonoba, later the name of Santa Maria began to be used instead of Ossonoba, later the local people known to the town as Harun, whence its current name come. The forces of the King Dom Afonso III defeated to the moors and the town declined its importance. In the Medieval age, the town was plundered by the Earl of Essex with his fellow crusaders on their journey to the Holy Land, who took the books of Bishop to the Bodleian Library in Oxford; another interesting thing about the history of Faro was that some Jewish inhabitants kept busy printing copies of the Old Testament.
The attractive of faro is the old part of the city, and the most famous attraction is a macabre one at the Igreja do Carmo on the Largo do Carmo, which is features a chapel whose walls are decorated with the bones of more than 1,200 monks disinterred from the neighboring cemetery. Other interesting attractions are the Vila Adentro (a monumental arch), Hermitage of Nossa Senhora do O (a beautiful chapel rebuilt after of the earthquake of 1755), the Cathedral (with three chapels; the main chapel boasts a fine retable, throne and two Italian canvasses, and the two collateral chapels are among the best examples of baroque carving in the Algarve). Other charming attractions are The Misericórdia Church, Episcopal Palace, Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sao Francisco, Ramparts and Castle, and others.
But Faro has also beautiful nature attractions such as the Ria Formosa Lagoon, a nature reserve of over 170 sq km, which is home of different birds during the spring and autumn migratory periods. The city has an ideal temperature to play golf and other sports and the southern coastline consist a long stretch of fabulous sandy beaches, broken up by extraordinary rigged cliffs and fantastic grottoes.
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Faro Ayuntamiento
Arco da Vila
Carmo Church
Faro Marina
Faro Cathedral
Photo gallery
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Reasons to learn Portuguese in Faro
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The city:
- Algarve is a sunny place all year round and has charming warm weather.
- The beaches and the sunny weather make Faro district a very popular summer resort.
- Its monuments and medieval wall are a great sightseeing place.
- The rich culture and history offer you a better learning of the Portuguese culture.
The Portuguese school in Faro
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Our school for more than 30 years has been offering high quality the teaching of the Portuguese language; many students have expressed their satisfaction with our work. The purpose of the school is to provide students with full cultural and Portuguese language experience.
Portuguese class in Faro, Portugal
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Portuguese students in Faro, Portugal |
Our school teach the Portuguese language combining flexibility, competence and friendliness, the method of the school don’t limited to four walls of classroom, also the students has a experience with native people in real situations, putting emphasis on language for communication. Our school employs only qualified teachers, friendly and highly professionals, who use a method structural/functional for your better learning, the grammar and structures being taught and learned naturally, through practical usage.
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 Portuguese courses offered in Faro:
» Standard (15)
» Standard + 1 (20)
» Standard + 2 (25)
» Standard + 3 (30)
» Super Intensive (30)
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