Alte

Alte is a village in the hills of the Loulé municipality, often held up as one of the most traditional in the Algarve, with white houses, decorative chimneys and cobbled lanes. A stream runs through it, feeding the spring-fed pools of Fonte Pequena and Fonte Grande, which are popular for a cool dip in summer.

Further downstream, the Queda do Vigário waterfall drops into a pool. In the village, the parish church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção has a carved Manueline doorway and tiled interior. The poet Cândido Guerreiro was born here and is remembered with tile panels by the springs.