Car Rental Albufeira

"Castle of the sea" means the language of the Moors, who ruled for a long time of the Portuguese city in the Algarve, Albufeira in Arabic. From the historic castle, which gave the name of the city, however not much is left, for Albufeira is the tourist centre in the region of Faro in the South of Portugal.

Although Albufeira's history goes back what is considered proven by the nearby caves with her unique drawings, until in the early stone age, the original two disasters is almost destroyed. Until she fell victim to an earthquake in 1755 and later in 1834 it was caused by a great fire of liberal freedom fighters and supporters of the Portuguese King Miguel, almost completely destroyed.

The city of Albufeira, despite extremely picturesque located on a rock, and in a semicircle to the Atlantic coast extensively, has very much to offer. Above all an attractive and andauerndendes in the hours night life characterizes the place making it pretty attractive especially for young people. Nightclubs and bars dominate especially the old town, the District of Areias João de São at this time.

Despite the building rage, who ruled in Albifeira in the 70's and 80's, the character of a typical Portuguese village retains especially in the old town, not least by the ban which was imposed for cars in the city since 1990.

A rental car is almost essential to capture all the beauty of the region, are marked by "Tourismo" walkways through the city of Albufeira, a no less interesting way.