Roman Ruins of Milreu — Attraction in Faro

This building was in continual use for a few hundred years after Rome fell but then decayed with the Arabic takeover and had a farmhouse built on the ruins in the sixteenth century. The villa was obviously an impressive structure in its heyday with large amounts of mosaics and a grand temple that later developed into a Christian church. The farmhouse is now a very good interpretation centre that shows both further Roman remains and also has exhibits by visiting school children. The site was large and we spent about an hour wandering round it all. Sadly, as usual, there was no cafe on site. Why is it that the UK seems to be the only place that tries to capture this revenue stream for its...

Milreu, in itself not shocking!! Not like ,,Conimbriga,, and such ! But it gives a nice view about Late Roman Times. Especially the Mosaic Floors , pitty it just lays around and pieces of the little Mosaic disappear in the surrounding Sand due to the ,,Poor ,, Portugese Governmental Financial Support for Archeological Sites and Heritage of their Country ! Nevertheless it gives a nice view about Roman Constructions and their Food Habbits ! It,s certainly worth a visit if you,re intrested in Roman Construction, like how they used their bricks with bricklayed Columns and such !! Also the Herbal Garden shows the Roman Taste through the Centuries !!! Also the Museum is a visit worth, it...

Although the site is quite nice an the ruins and mosaics very interesting, our visit was unfortunately soured by the extremely rude man selling tickets. We came in 35 minutes before closing and he made us aware that he was not very happy of our timing, and 10 minutes before closing he started yelling at us from the stairs like we were dogs. He finally managed to push us out 5 min before closing and quickly locked the gate and left. It's pretty sad to see people working in that kind of places being more interested in leaving early than sharing the knowledge and culture of their country. And from the look of other comments, this has been a behavior problem...