Discover Portimão
Discover Portimão CULTURAL TOURS Portimão . Alvor . Mexilhoeira Grande This new edition of “Cultural Tours” aims to showcase an updated version of the built and natural heritage of the municipality of Portimão. Three parishes, Portimão, Alvor and Mexilhoeira Grande come together to form the municipality, which encompasses 183 square kilometres of river, sea and countryside. In addition to the beach and the sun, Portimão provides a vast variety of things to see and do, made unique by the area’s heritage and ancestral culture. No matter the time of year, you are hereby invited to embark on this journey into the past, through the historical and architectural attractions of the municipality of Portimão. Portimão, Alvor and Mexilhoeira Grande - where history comes together, building springboards that propel us into the future. Happy adventuring! INDEX 1. ROUTE 1 2. ROUTE 2 3. ROUTE 3 Mexilhœira Grande 1. ROUTE 1 Alvor 1. ROUTE 1 2. ROUTE 2 3. ROUTE 3 Alvor Walks between the Lagoon and the Sea! ROUTE 1 - ON THE RIVERSIDE It came from far away, from the edge of fear But it was blue and gentle as it approached, and it murmured “Iberian Pœms”, Miguel Torga Look out onto the Lagoon from the viewpoint Head to the square ROUTE 2 - MANUELINE TRACES Across seas never before sailed. through wars allowed for (…) Mother Church of Alvor or Church of the Divine Saviour ROUTE 3 - ISLAMIC ALVOR “At the break of dawn sleep and clutch your perfume close But when night falls, allow it to unfurl and exalt it.” Pedro and São João marabouts The Marabout of São Pedro ABREU PALACE COURTYARD MILITARY A RCHITECTURE | A LVOR CASTLE SOME TIPS F OR YOUR TRIP • • • • • • I took: What I liked: The historical period I found most fascinating was: Portimão ROUTE 1 - BY THE RIVER the Arade River basin, swelling out until mountain range positioned as its pyramid-shaped village called Ferragudo”.
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