Quarteira
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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. Praia da Rocha Baixinha is situated 3½ km west of Quarteira.
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. Falésia Beach is situated 4 km west of Quarteira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vilamoura.
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
- Type: Locality with 24,400 residents
- Location: Loulé, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.0851° or 37° 5′ 7″ northLongitude
-8.1047° or 8° 6′ 17″ westPopulation
24,400Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
8C9H3VPW+34GeoNames ID
8012006
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Quarteira” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “夸爾泰拉”
- Georgian: “კარტეირა”
- Kazakh: “Картейра”
- Mazanderani: “کوارتیرا”
- Persian: “کوارتیرا”
- Russian: “Картейра”
- Ukrainian: “Куартейра”
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Highlights include Dom Pedro Pinhal Golf Course and Estadio do Quarteirense.
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