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Western Algarve Property – Your Guide to the Western Region |
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Western Algarve property - Manorpark Properties is one of the leading Real Estate companies in the Algarve and provides a range of property related services to private individual buyers, professional investors and commercial developers. We will help you locate your dream home in the sun! |
The west of the Algarve stretches from Sagres to Silves, and we have property for sale in all of these locations. Use the quick property search now, and browse our range of villas, apartments, townhouses and plots. Western Algarve Property – Click here to search |
For information on each of the western Algarve towns and villages, please read our guide below. Or if you would like personal assistance in finding the right location for your property purchase, please contact us directly.
All areas west of this are covered in our other guides, Central Algarve and Eastern Algarve . |
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Silves |
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Silves - Old Moorish capital rich in atmosphere
As the River Arade slips quietly by, narrow steeply-winding cobbled streets and leafy whispering esplanades constitute just part of the wonderfully magical charm of the ancient city of Silves.more |
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Alvor |
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Alvor - Busy fishing village with fine seafood
Positioned at the meeting point of the River Alvor and the Atlantic, the town of Alvor retains much of the charm of the small fishing village it was in the past. Still today, the fishing boats gather at the quayside fish market after the day’s fishing. The charming narrow cobbled streets of the old town are lined with typically Algarvian white low houses and there are a number of fine fish restaurants and pleasant bars.more |
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Aljezur |
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Aljezur - Moorish stronghold with old castle
Aljezur was the last Moorish stronghold in the Algarve to fall to Christendom in 1250. The 10th century Islamic castle still dominates the immediate landscape, on top of the hill to the south-west of the River Aljezur, which flows through the heart of the town dividing it into to two quite distinct halves. Winding down the side of the hill from the castle, the streets of Aljezur still follow the old Moorish layout.more |
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Portimão |
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Portimão - Modern metropolis and fishing centre
Portimão, situated at the mouth of the River Arade is the Algarve’s largest fishing port after Olhão and Algarve’s second city after Faro. With a comprehensive ‘high-street’ shopping centre, a football stadium, a large public library, a general hospital, and a rich diversity of bars, restaurants and cafés, Portimão offers everything one would expect from a modern metropolis. more |
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Lagoa |
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Lagoa - Market town of cobbles and white houses
Lagoa is a pleasant market town set on a low hill in flat lands where, according to local legend, there used to be a lagoon (“lagoa”). The town’s origins have been lost in time, but today’s Lagoa is a pleasing conglomeration of whitewashed houses, narrow cobbled streets and an interesting main church, built in the 16th century but extensively renovated after the disastrous earthquake of 1755. more |
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Alcantarilha |
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Alcantarilha - Charming little town on fertile flatland
Only 11 Km from the historic city of Silves, the charming little town of Alcantarilha sits perched on a small hill amid luxurious flat-land famed for its orange and fig production.more |
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Ferragudo |
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Ferragudo - Charming quayside village opposite Portimão
An important fishing community since at least the Roman period, but with origins, probably, stretching back to the Phoenicians and beyond, this charming quayside village displays all the cobbled charms of Algarvian maritime life.more |
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Lagos |
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Lagos - Cosmopolitan port city with busy marina
Lagos is a lively and beautiful port city rich in history and within walking distance of many splendid beaches such as Meia Praia, Praia de Batata, Praia de Pinhão and Praia da Dona Ana. With a vivacious cosmopolitan atmosphere, Lagos possesses one of the busiest marinas in the region with a plethora of attractive bars and restaurants that come into their own on the long hot summer evenings.more |
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Vila do Bispo |
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Vila do Bispo - Charming town and Algarvian bread basket
Travelling westward, after Lagos, the Algarvian landscape undergoes a dramatic change as the Atlantic winds make their presence felt and the shelter provided by the Serra de Monchique falls away toward the coast above Aljezur. The area around the charming town of Vial do Bispo is traditionally known as the breadbasket of the Algarve and up until comparatively recently was famed for its abundance of windmills.more |
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Armação de Pêra |
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Armação de Pêra - Coastal town, superb seafood, great beach
With a gorgeous expanse of 3 Km of shore-line stretching from Praia dos Pescadores (Fisherman’s Beach) to Salamão beach, Armação de Pêra has a permanent population of 4,000 which is swelled to 70,000 during the summer as one of the main holiday destination sin the Algarve.more |
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Monchique |
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Monchique - Highland town and ancient mountain retreat
Some 903 m above sea level in the richly forested mountains of Monchique lies the small high land town of the same name. Here you can drink in the clean air with its delicate perfumes of arbutus, wild thyme and eucalyptus. more |
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Carvoeiro |
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Carvoeiro - Lively seaside resort with many restaurants
Carvoeiro is a bright, lively sea-side resort during the summer season with a rich selection of bars, restaurants and night-spots catering to a variety of tastes. There is plenty of live music on offer during the season at venues such as the Roundup Saloon (Country and Western), The Gaol House (Blues and Rock) and Manuel’s Bar (Executive Brazilian Jazz every Monday night throughout the year. more |
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