Vilamoura

About 10km/6mi east of Albufeira is a planning development straight off the drawing board. The little holiday villages dotted over the hilly country side offer every conceivable leisure activity - golf-courses, marinas, etc. Building works near Vilamoura's marina revealed the remains of the original Roman settlement Cerro da Vila, and the "mosaic house" dating from the A.D. third century is particularly worth seeing.