Snack Bar in Parchal on the main road
In Portimão the sun shines brightly about 300 days a year on the eight kilometers of the most beautiful and welcoming Algarve beaches: fine white sands, transparent, calm and refreshing waters that stretch between the Ria de Alvor a Poente and the estuary of the Arade to Nascente.
Visit Portimão is to know a wide variety of beaches of different characteristics and available to enjoy at any time of the year.
Be asurprise yourself with the wide sands of Alvor Beach; with the most hidden little coves, cliffs and caves along the coast; with rocky beaches such as Alemão beach, with the animation of the most familiar beaches or with the unique beauty of Praia da Rocha.
Have fun and with the help of this summary choose the beach that best suits your taste and needs and find out why the beauty of the Algarve beaches is in Portimão.
Portimão is a municipality and a Portuguese city in the District of Faro, region and sub-region of the Algarve. The city centre is situated about 2 km from the sea and is an important fishing and tourism centre.
It is the headquarters of a municipality with 182.06 km² of area and 55 614 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 3 parishes among them that of Portimão that includes the city has about 40 000 inhabitants.
The municipality is bordered to the north by the Monchique, to the east by silves and lagoa, and to the west by Lagos; to the south, it has a coastal sector along the Atlantic Ocean. - REF: LG028 PA
