Portimão

Portimão is a Portuguese city in the District of Faro, the Algarve region and subregion, with about 36,000 inhabitants living (2001). The city is located about 2 km from the sea and is an important center of fishing and tourism. The municipality is limited to the north by the municipality of Monchique, east of Silves and Lagoa, Lagos in the west and south coast is the Atlantic Ocean. In recent years, the mouth of the river Arade has been the scene of major events like the international championship of Formula 1 in motonáutica, distinguishing itself by its tourism, his pulse and dynamism, very own, and a variety of activities that are with your day to day is spent at various levels so intense and marked by a rhythm that is maintained throughout the year, because of its large tourism development, is today a city, as well as others in this region (eg Quarteira, Armação de Pêra) characterized by its urban landscape very beautiful.