[3] The offices of the freguesia (civil parish) are in part of the Convent of Saint Joseph.

The historical centre of the civil parish consists of rows of white houses, where broad and narrow streets are intermixed, revealing modern buildings and old palatial houses, some dating from before the Great Earthquake of 1755.

In the same historical center are found old doors and Manueline windows, four-sided roofs and arches spanning narrow lanes, and the vestiges of buildings which have long disappeared.

In Lagoa it is possible to find 18th-century buildings as well as modern ones, historical monuments, and contemporary sculptures which show how the city has evolved into a harmonious weaving of many threads.

List of beaches in the parish of Lagoa and Carvoeiro (from West to East):