Holidays in Quarteira ALGARVE

Lease rental apartment on the 4th floor with elevator, 50 meters from the beach

It may take 5 people. Double room in sunroom.

Another person on sofa

The Neighborhood

For centuries Quarteira was a modest fishing village, situated on the edge of a beach with 3 km long and surrounded by pine forests . D. Dinis granted it a charter to November 15, 1297 . Already in the fifteenth century , D. John I had made ​​here to the first experiences of growing sugarcane .

The settlement area of Quarteira dates back at least to Roman times , and there are those who want to identify this village with ancient Carteia . And there are even those who argue that the town dates back to pre -Roman period ( Phoenician , Carthaginian ) .

Founded in 1916 , the Parish of Quarteira is now well known to the Portuguese by the magnificent beach , the fish of the best quality and its groves of pines . To this is added the fishing shed, important potential not only for the wealth it produces, as by terminating typicality and is therefore one of the tourist attractions . In this parish is the largest private - based resort in Europe is Vilamoura .

It consists of various types of tourism , from high quality hotels , casino , restaurants, bars , nightclubs , golf courses and beaches . Within this project, unique in the world, other valences of the parish of Quarteira offers its visitors is the Marina of Vilamoura , one of the ex - libris of the Algarve region of unquestionable importance to the Algarve and the País.Golfe in sports - tourist industry represents an extraordinary economic contribution and , especially , a strong contribution to reducing seasonality during low season called to this parish , for the Municipality of Loulé and the entire Algarve region .

Only in Vilamoura there are five golf courses , all of high quality , with landscaping and the actual preference of experts (website hidden) great potential in the parish of Quarteira attract tourists from all over the world and beyond about two dozen hotels and residential , also has several groups of apartments and a campsite to accommodate all visitors .

Tourist sites of historical and cultural interest are the ruins of Vilamoura ( Cerro da Vila ) , and Fonte Santa Loulé Velho . The people believed linked to a popular ancient tradition that in recent times come to be lost , that this Source is born of healing waters . In Quarteira - are held various manifestations of socio- cultural, like the Popular Marches during the month of Junho.Quarteira is actually one of the most important parishes of the Municipality .