As we are located right on the center you will find around us anything which might usually be found in a town the size of Faro.
Supermarkets
Go out, turn right and right again, keep walking and on your left side, when you are entering the small square there is a supermarket. It’s 120 meters away from the house. Its name is Minipreço and the branding is yellow. It’s small but well stocked. It is open daily from 8 to 22.
Alternatively, there is a larger supermarket in the underground floor of the city market building. To reach it, leave the house, walk towards the nearby theatre Lethes and walk up the street on its right, rua Dr. Justino Cumano. The market it’s on its top. It’s a 350 meters walk. The name of the supermarket is Auchan and it’s open daily from 8 to 20:30. Of course, you can also make your shopping at the market itself, specially in the weekends mornings.
For larger scale shopping you have the hypermarket in Fórum Algarve, the town’s shopping center. It’s a bit far to walk but not impossible. About 2 km. The name is also Auchan. Same products as the one mentioned above but much bigger.
Pharmacies
There are several pharmacies at walking distance. The closest one is in the same square as supermarket Minipreço (see above). You will find a couple of others in the main pedestrian street, rua de Santo António.
Laundry
If you need to do your laundry you will find a laundry shop around the corner. Just go out, turn left, then take a left and the laundry is on the right hand side of the street. It is not an automated laundry shop, it’s properly manned.
ATM’s
There are plenty of ATM’s in the area. Please, while in Portugal stay away of any ATM which is not clearly associated with a bank. It’s not necessary to be actually physically attached to a bank branch, but they should be ran by a proper bank. In the last couple of years plenty of ATM’s were placed by some independent companies and when they dispense money there are eventually high fees and all sort of dirty tricks.
SIM Cards
There are three major operators in Portugal. Our favourite is Vodafone but sadly there isn’t a shop in the center of Faro. You might want to visit MEO shop, located in Largo do Carmo, one of our usual parking areas.
Vodafone is present in Fórum Algarve, the main shopping center, 2 km from the center. The same goes to NOS, the third operador, also with their shop in Fórum Algarve.
