Sesmarias
Sesmarias is a neighborhood in Alvor, Portimão Municipality, Faro District and has about 1,320 residents. Sesmarias is situated nearby to the neighborhood Chão das Donas, as well as near Castelhanas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alvor halt and Portimão Airport.
Alvor halt
Railway station
Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Portimão Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Redalert2fan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada
Nature reserve
Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 3 km west of Sesmarias.
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
Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 4½ km west of Sesmarias.
Parchal
Town
Photo: Pacanherros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 southeast of Sesmarias.
Sesmarias
- Type: Neighborhood with 1,320 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Alvor, Portimão Municipality, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.15687° or 37° 9′ 25″ northLongitude
-8.56542° or 8° 33′ 56″ westPopulation
1,320Open location code
8C9H5C4M+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 9829139662OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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