Remarkable Finisterre of the extreme southwest of the European continent, the municipality of Vila do Bispo is set on a geomorphological plateau carved by the promontories of Sagres and Saint Vincent, emerging like a rocky ‘prow’ that separates two seas: to the south, a temperate coastline with a Mediterranean influence, to the west, imposing cliffs battered by the Atlantic, inland, colourful plateaus, fertile valleys and the environmental and cultural border of the Algarve Barrocal.

Covering an area of 179.06 km², a triangle subdivided into the parishes of Vila do Bispo and Raposeira, Sagres, Budens and Barão de São Miguel, the municipality of Vila do Bispo presents itself as a sparsely populated area which, in 2021, registered approximately 5,717 inhabitants, living in 11 settlements: Vila do Bispo, the municipal seat, the town of Sagres and the villages of Budens, Pedralva, Raposeira, Hortas do Tabual, Figueira, Salema, Vale de Boi, Burgau and Barão de São Miguel. To the north, it borders the municipality of Aljezur, and to the east, it borders the municipality of Lagos ...