Local Information

Quarteira (pron. or ) is a Portuguese city and a parish, located in the municipality of Loulé. It has a population of 16,131 inhabitants and a total area of 37.78 km². Quarteira is a city since May 13 of 1999. It is a coastal city and a popular tourist destination, with 2 km of Blue Flag beach. The current President of the parish council is José Coelho Mendes (...)

Almancil (pron. ) is a parish of Loulé, situated in the Algarve region in the south of Portugal. Almancil is within 5km of the southern shoreline of Portugal enjoying a warm climate all year round. It has become an important centre for providing services to feed the needs of two nearby well-established holiday and residential developments; Quinta Do Lago and Vale Do Lobo (...)

Boliqueime is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Loulé. It has a population of 4,473 inhabitants and a total area of 41.46 km². Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was elected president of Portugal in 2006, was born in this village in (...)