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Piscinas Municipais de São Brás de Alportel
- leisure
Rua do Matadouro
8150-135, São Brás de Alportel
Outdoor swimming-pools, with vigilance. It has an adult’s pool and another one for children. The first one has a jumping board. It has a bar and a restaurant.
Rota da Cortiça
- heritage
Rua Gago Coutinho, 18
8150-151, São Brás de Alportel
The Cork Route takes you to discover the mysteries of ancient relationship between man and the Cork oak. Through the suggested routes will know the stories, the techniques of preparation and processing of Cork, a popular culture is intrinsically linked to this region. Cork is the common point in six areas of interest: heritage, nature, rural life, tradition, innovation and knowledge. Each polo addresses the cycle of Cork in its different aspects, since the Cork groves to the beautiful landscapes, covering factory. Has the peculiarity of being adapted public with reduced mobility and visually impaired.
Parque dos Poetas
- country
- leisure
EN2
8150, São Brás de Alportel
Calm and discreet park, with trees and green areas. Lovely views.
Serra do Caldeirão
- country
Serra do Caldeirão
8150, São Brás de Alportel
The Serra do Caldeirão is predominantly an agro-forest area. It owns all the characteristics of the most sadden rural areas, from which the aging of the population, the strong emigration, and the human and ecological desertification are proof, an activity based on traditional subsistence agriculture.
Miradouro do Alto da Arroteia
- country
- leisure
Alto da Arroteia
8150, São Brás de Alportel
Belvedere located 368 meters high. Space of leisure where is possible to observe the serra and the sea, in one of the most beautiful views of the interior Algarve.
Miradouro das Castanhas
- country
- leisure
São Brás de Alportel
8150, São Brás de Alportel
The Belvedere of Castanhas is located 330 meters high. From here it’s possible to view the village and also the sea. Perfect spot to leisure and rest.
Porta da Zona Rural do Palácio Episcopal
- heritage
Rua da Calcadinha Romana
8150, São Brás de Alportel
Monumental doorway with a triangular fronton, dated from 1093. The Episcopal Palace was built between the XVII and the XVIII centuries for the Algarve Bishops.
Museu Etnográfico do Trajo Algarvio
- heritage
Rua Doutor José Dias Sancho, 61
8150-141, São Brás de Alportel
Museum placed on a building that is a representative of the bourgeois architecture from the end of the XIX century. The current exhibitions include a show of characteristic clothes of Algarve in the XIX/XX centuries and a nucleus of popular religious sculpture. At the agriculture settings are about twenty old vehicles from this region. There is, also, an exhibition of horse-trappings, agricultural implements and an area dedicated to cork.
Calçadinha de São Brás de Alportel
- heritage
Rua da Calçadinha Romana
8150, São Brás de Alportel
Roman – medieval Way, evidence of the first mercantile flows in this area. Nowadays, two sections of the Way are shown: Section A, with 100 meters and Section B, with 550 meters.
Poço Velho
- heritage
EM1207, 420-A
8150, São Brás de Alportel
Here, at the Mosque site, was born José Vicente de Brito, a poet. In his memory, one of his poems was placed at the Poço Velho.