Chapels · Western Algarve

Ermida de São Lourenço, Vale de Boi

Vale de Boi’s small São Lourenço chapel is a rural religious landmark near Budens, with an unusual tiled reference to its patron saint.

Vale de Boi, Budens

What to expect

The chapel is thought to date from the seventeenth century. Its high altar contains an eighteenth-century tile panel depicting the gridiron associated with the martyrdom of São Lourenço, giving the small building a distinctive interior detail.

Vale de Boi is a separate village on the western Algarve’s inland road corridor. Include an exterior stop during a local excursion, with any interior visit depending on permission and local arrangements rather than a published tourist timetable.

Also known as
Capela de São Lourenço Vale de Boi

Planning your visit

  • No fixed public interior opening is established.
  • This is Vale de Boi near Budens, not São Lourenço church near Almancil.

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