The IAHS 2016 World Congress will be held in the Algarve, at the south of Portugal. The Algarve is one of Portugal’s most appealing destinations and well-known by some of Europe's most beautiful beaches, from where you can admire the rocky coastline and the playful shadows they cast on the sand.

Along the coast of the Algarve, you can travel through places of great ecological interest, rich in biodiversity and ecosystems, where you will feel as though you are passing through an area full of different traditions, unchanged for many centuries.

Voted the World’s Best Golfing Destination several times by the IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators), the Algarve region is blessed with a well-preserved natural setting, which allows you to play all year round on internationally recognised courses, where the high quality of their facilities and course design is acknowledged by top professionals and legendary champions. Among the factors that make the Algarve a top golfing destination are its environmental setting, quality courses, accessibility and professionally-run transport systems plus the entire infrastructure that goes into supporting them.

The region's built heritage is something you cannot afford to miss. The architecture of the whitewashed houses, with their brightly-coloured mouldings and remarkably beautiful chimneys, the church belfries and the museums, all reveal particular memories of the ancestors of the Algarve people and help to make this such a special destination.