If it is enough the modern Faro city go 8 km towards Spain boder to the the Ria Formosa Natural Park. You will have to take a bout or ferry to the magnificant island. This is heaven on the earth. It is one of the substantial nature reserves in the network of wetlands that links Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. The park is alluring for its singular location. It has reach ecosystem: birds, vegetation, salt-marshes, islands, tides. The symbol of park became the purple gallinule .Not everday you can see an abundance of wild flowers, and exotic birds skimming the waters for fish.