Portimão

Portimão is the second biggest city in the Algarve, Portugal, and famous for its fresh fish restaurants, grilled sardines being the most famous dish. It's very close to one of the most well known beaches in the Algarve, Praia da Rocha, and there are numerous others nearby. Wikivoyage

Population 59,845 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Portugal

112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Portugal

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Menir da Cabeça do Rochedo Archaeological site · 140 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Getting around

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