Tufos

Tufos is a hamlet in Silves, Faro District and has about 93 residents. Tufos is situated nearby to the hamlet Montes Grandes, as well as near Figueirinha.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Silves Cathedral and Poço Barreto halt.

Silves Cathedral

Church

Photo: Husond, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Silves Cathedral is a former cathedral in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. A mosque, built during the Moorish rule of the Iberian Peninsula, was originally located in its current place, and was later mostly restructured and converted into a Catholic cathedral after the Reconquista. Silves Cathedral is situated 4 km west of Tufos.

Poço Barreto halt

Railway stop

Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY 3.0.

Poço Barreto is a halt on the Algarve Line in the Silves municipality, Portugal. It was opened on 19 March de 1900, and served as terminus for the railway line until 1 February 1902, when the section to Silves was opened.

Cruz de Portugal

Photo: Reipes, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cruz de Portugal is situated 3½ km west of Tufos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porches and Alcantarilha.

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 7 km south of Tufos.

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 7 km southeast of Tufos.

Algoz

Town

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Algoz is a town and the seat of the civil parish of Algoz e Tunes in the municipality of Silves, in Algarve, Portugal. It has about 3000 inhabitants. Algoz is situated 9 km east of Tufos.

Tufos

Type: Hamlet with 93 residents
Category: locality
Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.18412° or 37° 11′ 3″ north

Longitude

-8.39554° or 8° 23′ 44″ west

Population

Open location code

8C9H5JM3+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9845394591

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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