The market town of Loulé is the administrative centre to a thriving and multi-facetted council. Inland you will find the old Algarve life in and around the sleepy hill towns of Salir and Alte; travel through Almancil to the luxury coastal resort of Quinta do Lago and Vale de Lobo, then west along the long golden beach to the market and holiday town of Quarteira, next door to the upmarket resort of Vilamoura.