The School of Navigation
About The School of Navigation
This place is has a big entrance wall, behind it stand a few buildings scattered over a vast plain. It is believed that Henry the Navigator builded this town and its School of Navigation but the current evidence doesn't realy support that theory.. Most important things to visit are the windrose, the Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Graça and the lighthouse.
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Jun 27, 2009
Wind-swept, bare plain next to the atlantic, not very common in the Algarve. There is an English tour starting at the Windrose at 3.00pm. When I was there I was the only one there giving the guide all the chances to explain the history of the site. But you don't go here for the history, besides the wall at the entrance and a small but very nice church there is barely anything to see that is of any historical importance. It's the amazing views that captures most visitors.
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