Portimao Holidays

Praia da Rocha The Algarve in southern Portugal offers a good all year round climate, sparkling turquoise seas and sandy beaches surrounded by coves and cliffs.

The local cuisine features fresh fish and locally grown produce and wines, and there is plenty to keep you occupied with a number of ancient monuments to visit or the more sporting can play golf or do some water sports - I don’t think you are in any doubt that it is an ideal place to spend your holidays.

The Praia da Rocha area first became popular as a tourist resort at the end of the nineteenth century when it was favoured by wealthy families from the Algarve and Andalusia in the summer and the English in winter.

Portimao and its surrounding area offers a rich heritage of historic attractions, hills covered with pine trees and wild flowers, and the shady Manuel Bivar gardens where you can sit and watch the various fishing and pleasure boats pass by. If you want to explore the surrounding area and get to places off the tourist track then you can always hire a car.

There is a church in Portimao dating back to the 16th century which has one of the most beautifully decorated main doorways in the Algarve, stunning statues and panels depicting important events during the life of Jesus Christ. You can also visit a Roman archaeological site at the confluence of the rivers where there is a 1st/4th century villa with several rooms and coloured mosaics or you might prefer an important Neolithic/Chacolithic burial ground with megalithic chamber and tombs with false cupolas and side alcoves.

With some of the best golf courses in the world to choose from and parasailing, water skiing, scuba diving, windsurfing, sailing and deep sea fishing to keep you occupied, this area offers every possible facility to relax and unwind. If you are here with children then Portimao its environs offers you an excellent choice of theme parks to visit for a family day out.

With an abundance of bars, restaurants and shops, there is also a very lively night scene on offer as Portimao has its own casino on the beach and various discos which really take off after midnight and where the danceaholics can boogie until the last person is left standing - which is often when day is dawning.