Cerro da Vila

• Cerro da Vila is the Remains of a Roman Villa which had its own port, located next to the coastal resort town of Vilamoura near Faro in the Algarve, Portugal.
• Access to the Ruins is located on the private Avenida Cerro da Vila, opposite the Hotel da Marinha, Vilamoura.

Description

• Discovered in 1963, the Ruins have been excavated and are open to the Public.
• The Roman Villa dates from the 1st century CE and consisted of two buildings with one on the harbour, which contained baths, a necropolis, dams and two rectangular fish salting tanks.
  

Cerro da Vila