Tourist information - Portimao
The white contour of a church on a hilltop, the narrow streets of the old fishermen and tradesmen quarter, the presence of the sea and also the immense beach regarded called Praia da Rocha are some of the features that identify the character of this centenary city.
All that is left of medieval Portimao are a few stretches of the city walls today hidden by houses. The old town is covered with the architecture of the late 19th and 20th centuries: houses on two storeys, with wrought iron balconies and ornate stonework around windows and doors, ornamented with balustrades of stone and ceramics and walls covered with tiles.
To savour the spirit of Portimao, there is nothing a lot better than to sit in the shade of the trees in the gardens Manuel Bívar and begin to forget time, to enjoy the fishing boats and also to go walking trough streets and squares that exude the ambience of an active, hard-working town which has succeeded in keeping pace with progress.
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