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Albufeira (pronounced [alβuˈfɐjɾɐ] ⓘ, locally [aɫbʷˈfeɾɐ, aɫbˈfeɾɐ]) is a city and municipality of Faro District in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 44,158, [ 1 ] in an area of 140.66 square kilometres (54.31 square miles). [ 2 ]
Olhos de Água is a former freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Albufeira e Olhos de Água. [1] It has a population of 3,221 (2001) and an area of 15.69 km 2. The name (literally: "eyes of water") refers to the fresh water springs on the beach, visible ...
Guia (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a town and civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Albufeira in the Algarve, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the coast. The population in 2011 was 4,376, [ 1 ] in an area of 26.80 km².
In Pre-Roman Portugal, the area was inhabited by the Cynetes (or Conii), a people (formed by several tribes) of linguistic and ethnic affiliation, possibly Celtic or Iberian, whose territory included the modern area of the Beja District.
The beach is one of the two beaches which front the town of Albufeira with Praia do Túnel at the western end and Praia dos Pescadores lying to the eastern end of the towns seafront. The town and its beaches are located west 23.9 miles (38.5 km) by road of the regions capital of Faro. [3]
Estácio da Veiga's 1878 archeological map of the Algarve. In 1807, while Jean-Andoche Junot led the first Napoleonic invasion in the north of Portugal, the Algarve was occupied by Spanish troops under Manuel Godoy. Beginning in 1808, and after subsequent battles in various towns and villages, the region was the first to drive out the Spanish ...
Praia da Coelha (English: Rabbit Beach) is a beach [1] close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. [2] This beach is located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 31.5 miles (50.7 km) west of the region's capital, Faro.
Praia da Oura is a blue flag beach [1] within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. [2] [3] The beach is in the eastern district of Albufeira in the neighbourhood called Areias de São João (Saint John's Sands). Its flanked by Praia dos Aveiros to the west and Praia de Santa Eulália to the eastern side.