Lagos, where the castle is located, is one of the most visited cities in the Algarve and in Portugal and is known for its clean beaches, restaurants and hotels that make for a lively and festive atmosphere in the summer, nightlife and partying.

As Lagos played an important role in the period of Great geographic outdoor. Lagos was one of the cities frequented by the Portuguese Henry the Navigator, where he began shipbuilding. While Lagos was the center of slave trade in the town was opened Europe's first slave market.

Lagos has many historical monuments, among which the castle of Lagos. Will be interesting to visit the old part of town, which is enclosed by walls. The fortress walls were built in the XVI century, when Lagos was the residence of the governors of the Algarve. Castle of Lagos, built by the Arabs, is to the right of the old part of the city. There is an assumption that the castle was built in the second half of the VIII century. Later, when the city was conquered by Portuguese troops, were carried out additional construction work that made the fortress is more resistant to attacks. The castle walls were thick 2 meters, and the height ranged from 7, 5 meters to 10 meters, the perimeter of the top of the castle was crowned with battlements and crenellated walls.

Castle of Lagos is also called the Castle of the governors, as somewhere in the middle of the XVII century the castle was the residence of the Governor of the city. Since 1924 the castle of Lagos included in the list of national monuments in Portugal. In 1950, restoration works were carried out.