Location: Alvor in Portugal
Nearest Airport:
Faro at 70
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Nearest Train:
Portimao at 8
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Nearest Motorway:
A22 - Alvor at 2
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 4.0
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Car: recommended
Alvor is an ancient coastal village with one-ended narrow streets. Many of these streets now boast bars with live music and different types of restaurants but leading off from these there are still memories of the older fishing village. The village is well located facing a natural lagoon opening onto the sea. There is a choice of a long open sandy beach or a number of small coves tucked under the cliffs. The attractive 16th Century Parish Church that seems the only building that survived the earthquake of 1755 and has a prime example in its main doorway of the great craftsmanship of the Manueline era of architecture.
Places near to Alvor are the commercial town of Portimão, the famous popular beaches of Praia da Rocha and Praia do Vau, and the semi-nature reserve of Quinta da Rocha.