Castelhanas
Castelhanas is a neighborhood in Alvor, Portimão Municipality, Faro District and has about 113 residents. Castelhanas is situated nearby to the neighborhood Vale das Hortas, as well as near Sesmarias.Places of Interest
Highlights include Portimão Airport and Alvor halt.
Portimão Airport
Aerodrome
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Portimão Airport is a small airport in Montes de Alvor, near the city of Portimão in Algarve, Portugal. The airport has one single short asphalt runway in the 11/29 direction and is mainly used by general aviation, with parachuting being common from the airfield.
Alvor halt
Railway station
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Alvor is a closed halt on the Algarve line in the Portimão municipality, Portugal. The section of the line from Portimão to Lagos opened on the 30th of July 1922.
Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada
Nature reserve
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Abicada is the name of Roman ruins in Mexilhoeira Grande, to the north of the civil parish of Alvor, municipality of Portimão, in Algarve region, Portugal. Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada is situated 2½ km west of Castelhanas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portimão and Mexilhoeira Grande.
Portimão
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portimão is the second biggest city in the Algarve, Portugal, and famous for its fresh fish restaurants, grilled sardines being the most famous dish. It's very close to one of the most well known beaches in the Algarve, Praia da Rocha, and there are numerous others nearby.
Mexilhoeira Grande
Town
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Mexilhoeira Grande is a civil parish in the municipality of Portimão in the southern Portuguese region of the Algarve. The population in 2011 was 4,029, in an area of 91.15 km². Mexilhoeira Grande is situated 4 km west of Castelhanas.
Parchal
Town
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Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar e Parchal. The population in 2011 was 4,019, in an area of 3.86 km2. Parchal is situated 4½ km east of Castelhanas.
Castelhanas
- Type: Neighborhood with 113 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Alvor, Portimão Municipality, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.15008° or 37° 9′ 0″ northLongitude
-8.56766° or 8° 34′ 4″ westPopulation
113Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8C9H5C2J+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 9829139533OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
2269540
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