Quarteira River
The Quarteira River is a small river in the Portuguese region of the Algarve. The river begins at the conflux of two tributary rivers a little north of the village of Paderne. The tributary rivers are the River de Alte and the River de Algibre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: protected area in Portugal
- Also known as: “Ribeira da Quarteira” and “Ribeira de Quarteira”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roman ruins of Cerro da Vila and Praia da Rocha Baixinha.
Roman ruins of Cerro da Vila
Nature reserve
The Roman Ruins of Cerro da Vila are the remnants of a historical villa in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. Its vestiges lie in the vicinity of the resort and marina of Vilamoura, in the civil parish of Quarteira, municipality of Loulé Municipality.
Praia da Rocha Baixinha
Beach
Praia da Rocha Baixinha or Praia dos Tomates is a beach within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is 13 kilometres east of the town of Albufeira and is 31.7 kilometres west of the regions capital of Faro.
Falésia Beach
Beach
Photo: Diana5cruz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Falésia Beach is a beach in Albufeira, Algarve, southern Portugal. It has a cliff that begins in the Barranco das Belharucas Beach and extends to Vilamoura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vilamoura and Quarteira.
Vilamoura
Suburb
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vilamoura is a coastal luxury resort in the Loulé municipality in Algarve, Portugal. It is one of the three corners of Algarve's Golden Triangle. Vilamoura comprises one of the largest single tourist complexes in Europe and with about 2,000 hectares of land.
Quarteira
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Quarteira is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality of Loulé in the Algarve. The population in 2011 was 21,798, in an area of 38.16 km².
Olhos de Água
Village
Olhos de Água is a former freguesia, located in the municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Albufeira e Olhos de Água. Olhos de Água is situated 6 km west of Quarteira River.
Quarteira River
- Categories: river, Natura 2000 site, site of community importance, and body of water
- Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Welsh—“Quarteira River” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Abhainn Quarteira”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira de Quarteira”
- Romanian: “Ribeira de Quarteira”
- Spanish: “Río Quarteira”
- Ukrainian: “Квартейра”
- Welsh: “Afon Quarteira”
- “Ribeira de Quarteira”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cavacos and Praia da Falesia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mina De Salgema and Casino Vilamoura.
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