Portimão Municipality
Portimão Municipality is in Faro District, Portugal. Portimão Municipality is situated nearby to the neighborhood Figueira, as well as near Penina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portimão Airport and Alcalar Megalithic Site.
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.
Alcalar Megalithic Site
Park
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The Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar are a group of burial tombs that comprise a Calcolithic necropolis, located in the civil parish of Mexilhoeira Grande, municipality of Portimão, Portugal.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alvor and Portimão.
Alvor
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Alvor is a town and freguesia in Portimão, in the southern Algarve region of Portugal. It is a holiday base for visiting the Ria de Alvor Nature Reserve, and has a nice beach.
Portimão
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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.
Portimão Municipality
- Also known as: “Portimao” and “Portimão”
- Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.1754° or 37° 10′ 32″ northLongitude
-8.5842° or 8° 35′ 3″ westPopulation
55,600Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
8C9H5CG8+58GeoNames ID
8010522
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