Nov 1, 2022
Faro de Sao Vicente and neighboring lighthouses - May ‘22
It was a bizarre, hazy day. We had breakfast in Armação de Pêra, lunch with palomas in Lagos, and dinner in the hills in Faro. As with many lighthouse treks, there were a lot of wrong turns, backtracking, and hiccups. The traditional lighthouse used to be red- and white-striped. Now, it’s usual for the design to feature red and white without the colors needing to pattern in any specific way. The colors, more than any others, help distinguish the station from land, water, and sky alike.
I was happy to find paid bathrooms and a gift shop. It was windy. I find that’s true of most lighthouses, especially at the tips of continents.
