Savior Swimmers Homes (Casas para Nadadores Salvadores) - architect João Ramires Fernandes 1968

A small neighborhood of only six terraced houses. It is a type of 'Cubist' house that you probably would expect in Olhao or Fuzeta, because of the typical flat roofs and the beautiful outside stairs on the side. There is even one house with a top on it: a mirant. The houses were built in 1968 by the Municipality of Faro for 'Savior Swimmers ' that worked on the beaches when the wealty people from Faro and the new tourists came here for swimming.

The pergolas on the street side are special. They are marked by two 'classic'-looking columns with wooden beams above them. The chimneys are special to, but more because of their Algarve appearance than because of what you would expect from a cubist house: namely a block chimney. The houses have 2 bedrooms, a living room, an open kitchen and a bathroom. Under the stairs is a storage room and there are two small patios

The plastered benches under the pergola and the beautifully curved fencing are touching, as is the tiling tableau that sets the tone as a half decorated platibanda.