Luz
Lagos is a city of 31,000 people in the Algarve, in the south of Portugal. It is dominated by up to 50 metre high limestone and sandstone cliffs. The city is located at the mouth of the Bensafrim river, and has a beautiful old town with narrow streets and many pubs and restaurants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 4,360 residents
- Description: civil parish in Lagos
- Also known as: “Luz, Lagos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Nossa Senhora da Luz.
Fort Nossa Senhora da Luz
Castle
Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fort Nossa Senhora da Luz, also known locally as Castle of Senhora da Luz is a fort in the civil parish of Luz, municipality of Lagos in the Portuguese Algarve, classified as a Property of Public Interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Praia da Luz and Espiche.
Praia da Luz
Town
Praia da Luz, officially Luz, is a civil parish of the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal. The population of the civil parish in 2011 was 3,545, in an area of 21.78 km2.
Espiche
Village
Espiche is a village of the civil parish of Luz, in the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal.
Burgau
Neighborhood
Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burgau, located in the western region of the Algarve, under the municipality of Vila do Bispo, is a former fishing village. Now living mainly on tourism, its most notable attraction is the small beach of Praia de Burgau, surrounded by cliffs that protect it from the frequent strong wind characteristic of Barlavento. Burgau is situated 3½ km southwest of Luz.
Luz
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Lagos, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Luz” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Luz”
- Catalan: “Luz”
- Cebuano: “Luz”
- Chechen: “Луш (Лагуш)”
- Chechen: “Луш”
- Chinese: “Luz”
- Dutch: “Luz (Lagos)”
- Dutch: “Luz”
- French: “Luz”
- Galician: “Luz (Lagos)”
- Galician: “Luz, Lagos”
- Galician: “Luz”
- German: “Luz”
- German: “Praia da Luz”
- Irish: “Luz”
- Kazakh: “Lwş”
- Kazakh: “Луш”
- Kazakh: “لۋش”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Luz”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Luz”
- Portuguese: “Luz (Lagos)”
- Portuguese: “Luz”
- Portuguese: “Senhora da Luz”
- Russian: “Луш”
- Slovenian: “Luz”
- Spanish: “Luz (Lagos)”
- Spanish: “Luz, Lagos”
- Spanish: “Luz”
- Tatar: “Луш (Лагуш)”
- Tatar: “Луш”
- Turkish: “Luz”
- “Luz”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Roman ruins of Vila da Luz and Ponta das Gaivotas.
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