It is best to leave your car in the cathedral square to go in through the surrounding wall of the castle. The path round the battlements has many viewpoints over the town and the surroundings. You can see, to the north-west, the irrigated valley of the Arade, and, behind, the Serra de Monchique. To the south, the view extends over the peach and almond-tree orchards and in the distance to the coast.

In the centre of the square stands the statue of Henry the Navigator, inaugurated in 1960 on the 500th anniversary of his death. You can see the former slave market, an arcaded house rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755. Following African expeditions in the 15C, the first slave market in Europe was set up here.

This wayside cross from the 16C has Christ on the cross on one side and on the other a Pietà.

This Church, which was established before the 16C, has a beautiful Manueline door. One of the chapels is completely covered in 18C azulejos, whilst the chapel of Nossa Senhora of Lourdes is decorated with cherished, multi-coloured azulejos in relief from the 16C, in the Seville style.