Pousada de Juventude
This hostel is simple but efficient. The staff was exceptionally knowledgeable and friendly. There are no washers for clothes available or a kitchen so plan ahead for laundry and food. The hostel itself was practically spotless. There was a large common room with tv, tables, and couches
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Faro is a city and municipality in southern Portugal. It is the seat of the district of Faro and capital of the Algarve region. The Algarve and Faro district cover the same territory. The Ria Formosa lagoon attracted human occupants from the Palaeolithic age until the end of pre-history. During that time a settlement grew up – Ossonoba – which was an important town during the period of Roman occupation and, according to historians, the forerunner of present-day Faro.
The city has a public university (the University of the Algarve), an international airport (Faro airport), a seaport, a marina, a railroad station and complete interregional bus services. Its 30,000-seater stadium called Estádio Algarve, shared by the neighboring cities of Faro and Loulé, and was one of the sites of Euro 2004. It currently stands empty, but locals hope that a Team will finally give use to the Stadium. The actual relevance of Louletano and Sporting Clube Farense, the locals teams, are not enough to use such a big stadium, instead they use the smaller municipal stadiums. The Stadium has been used to concerts, festival and special games, like the ones organized by Luís Figo, for charity issues.
