PORCHES PRIVATE TRANSFERS
We provide high-quality private transfers from Faro airport to Porches at the best price on the market, up to 3 passengers 67€ and up to 8 passengers 87€ (Final Price Per Vehicle). All of our transfers are private and with fixed prices. (All taxes included and motorway tolls). We provide baby seats and child seats at no extra cost (if requested on booking).
ALGARVE GOLF TRANSFERS
Portugal is known as the best golf destination in Europe. We provide private transfers between your accommodation and all golf courses in Algarve.
Whatever your group size, we will have a vehicle for you – from private transfers for individuals or small groups to coaches transfers for large groups. If you need to request quotation Click Here
FARO AIRPORT TRANSFERS
Transfers from Faro Airport to Porches You will be received by a professional driver with years of experience on private transfers and dedicated to providing the best service based on his experience and knowledge of the Algarve. He will be waiting for you at the arrivals hall with a sign with your name on it, and he will take you directly to your destination.
Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km². It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001.
Perched on a hill on the edge of the oldest east-west road in the Algarve is the small town of Porches. Vestiges of continuous occupation going back as far as the Neolithic Age have been found in the area of the freguesia. A menhir, found in this area and dated to sometime between 5000 and 4000 BC, is now in the entrance garden of the Convent of Saint Joseph in Lagoa.
According to historical sources, the actual settlement of Porches was in the middle of the 16th century, built by a group of settlers who came from older urbanization called Porches Velho, situated within the freguesia but closer to the coast. Porches Velho had been occupied during the Roman period, and in 1253 it was already a sizeable town, the seat of a judicial district, and with a strong medieval castle.
The area of Porches is well known for its wine, but also for its clay pits and pottery workshops and its current inhabitants still make pottery, continuing to keep this art alive. The pottery had been re-introduced to the area when the artists Patrick Swift (who also designed the stations of the cross at Porches Church ) and Lima de Freitas set up Porches Pottery (Olaria Algarve) in 1968, which still produces handpainted pottery. With the increase in tourism the prosperity of the Porches, the pottery industry has returned, and both traditional designs and new artistic styles are produced.
The Atlantic coastal border of the Porches District is home to a thriving beach tourist industry, with numerous beaches and rocky areas with caves and arches.