Algares

Algares is in Porches, Lagoa, Faro District. Algares is situated nearby to the beach Praia das Fontaínhas, as well as near Albandeira Beach.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Albandeira Beach and Praia da Marinha.

Praia da Marinha is one of the most emblematic beaches of Portugal with a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, located on the Atlantic coast in Caramujeira, part of the Lagoa Municipality, Algarve, and considered by the Michelin Guide as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe and as one of the 100 most beautiful beaches in the world.

Praia Nova

Beach

Praia Nova is a small beach near Praia da Senhora da Rocha on the Atlantic coast of the civil parish/freguesia of Porches in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa in Portugal. Praia Nova is situated 1 km northeast of Algares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Armação de Pêra and Porches.

Armação de Pêra

Town

Photo: Tanchapt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Armação de Pêra is a town and Portuguese parish in the municipality of Silves. The population in 2011 was 4,867, in an area of 7.99 km2. The village used to be called Pêra de Baixo or Lower Pêra to distinguish it from the present Pêra, which was then named Pêra de Cima or Upper Pêra. Armação de Pêra is situated 3½ km northeast of Algares.

Porches

Town

Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km2. It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001. Porches is situated 4 km north of Algares.

Alcantarilha

Town

Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alcantarilha is a former civil parish in the municipality of Silves, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alcantarilha e Pêra. With an area of 19.54 square kilometres the population of 2347 inhabitants is dispersed throughout the territory. Alcantarilha is situated 6 km northeast of Algares.

Algares

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Porches, Lagoa, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.09104° or 37° 5′ 28″ north

Longitude

-8.39675° or 8° 23′ 48″ west

Open location code

8C9H3JR3+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1340544232

OpenStreetMap feature

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