District: Portimão
Region: Faro, Portugal
Post Code: 8500
Distance from Faro: 67 km
Residents: 35.900
Tourist Info
+351-282 416 556
Police
+351-282 417 217
Fire Brigade
+351-282 422 122
Health Centre
+351-282 416 272
Town Hall
+351-282 470 700 |
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Portimão
The western Algarve’s tourist centre, Portugal |
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| Portimão & surroundings, hotels, holiday villas & apartments, golf, beaches, events, restaurants, points of interest, history and many more useful information. |
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The historic roots of Potimão go back to the Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians, when this place was a small trading port. Located at the mouth of the River Arade it provides a natural harbour. During the Moorish occupation this river provided an important sea access to the ancient city of Silves, the former capital of the Algarve.
With the development of the fishing and canning industry in the late 19th Century Portimão became an important economic centre until the recession in the early 1980s. Today Portimão is a busy and modern tourist place with its famous beaches Praia da Rocha and Praia da Vau and an active nightlife.
Just across the river the delightful small fishing village of Ferragudo offers a peaceful contrast, and the well known village of Carvoeiro with its elegant villas and hotels is only some kilometres to the west. |
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