Albufeira is a city and seat of its own municipality in the district of Faro, in the southernmost Portuguese region of Algarve. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,828, in an area of 140.66 square kilometres . The city proper had a population of 13,646 in 2001. It is 250 kilometres from Lisbon, and is within close proximity of Paderne Castle. Lagos is located 30 kilometres to the west, and Faro 45 kilometres to the south-east. A tourist destination , Albufeira expands to approximately 300,000 residents during the summer and during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, owing to the number of hotels and lodgings in its municipality, that includes marina facilities, golf courses, restaurants and bars for the annual flood of visitors.