Quarteira, Portugal
Av. Cerro da Vila
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+351 289312153
These are the remains of the Cerro da vila Roman Villa between Ossonoba and Portus Hannibalis. Besides the domestic spaces (with some tiles remaining and the different spaces still visible), there are the always amazing thermae and some industrial stuff like a fish processing factory. The path could be a little bit better organized and defined.
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Great little museum and remains of a Roman villa. Tour is self guided but excellent interpretive panels make it easy to understand. Rural life in the Roman Algarve looks pretty sweet so long as you owned the place. Slaves working there may have felt differently.
updating all the information and new digs going on still enjoyed it though.
Nice, but very limited information.
Can't be bothered to stay open on weekends. After months of supposed temporary closure because of Covid, they now close on weekends. This is Vilamoura's CENTRAL archaeological site and only municipal museum. Now closed on Saturday and Sunday during high tourist season.
Great 30 minute exhibit to view the Roman ruins. Extremely well done museum.
A much bigger site than I anticipated, with a very reasonable entrance fee of 3. Upon entry, you are given a map which shows the suggested route to walk around the villa ruins. Each point has a plaque with an artist's impression of what that area of the villa would have looked like during the Roman era, along with some written information to give you a better idea of what each room was used for (on our visits, some plaques where missing which was unfortunate) There is also a small museum which displays some of the artefacts that have been found whilst excavating the villa.
Outside section was very interesting, and the small museum was a nice addition. Staff were great and for 3 each, it was a great way to spend an hour of our holiday, if you like your Roman history.
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