VISITING FARO HISTORIC CENTER Faro’s old town consists of three distinct areas - Vila-Adentro, Mouraria and Bairro Ribeirinho. VILA ADENTRO A visit to Vila Adentro is not complete without a walk through the streets that huddle in the shade of the city walls, among the whitewashed houses, the arches that link the buildings and the fine homes of the Cortes and Sarria families, of Captain Manuel de Oliveira and José Maria Assis. MOURARIA the old Moorish quarter, which contains a variety of buildings charting the different stages in Faro’s history. BAIRRO RIBEIRINHO A tour of the Bairro Ribeirinho must include a walk around the narrow streets where façades with decorative stonework can be seen here and there, as well as the pyramidal “tesoura