QUARTEIRA
N 37° 04′ 20″, W 8° 06′ 57″
Quarteira is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Loulé, with an area of 38.16 km² and 24,420 inhabitants (2021). Its population density is 639.9 inhabitants/km².
The settlement of the region dates back to, at least, the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula (at one time confused with the village of Carteia). There are still other authors who suggest that settlement of the region may have begun in the era of Phoenician or Carthaginian traders.
For several centuries, Quarteira was a modest fishing village, situated on the edge of a 3-kilometer beach, encircled by pines.
In the 15th century, King John I of Portugal ordered the first cultivation of sugar cane in continental Portugal.
Quarteira is a coastal civil parish, located along the southern extent of the Algarve fronting Albufeira Municipality to the west (in the parish of Olhos de Água). In addition, the local area authority is bordered in the east by Almancil, northeast by São Clemente, north by São Sebastião and Boliqueime.
From the Atlantic coast, the frontier with its neighbours extends northwest along the Ribeira de Algibre, before following the M526 municipal roadway to the Estrada Nacional EN125 in Maritenda. From here, the border travels southeast along the EN125 until just after the N396 motorway, where it then divides along a ravine southwest towards the Atlantic Ocean, alongside the Royal Golf Course. The coast includes 5.5 kilometres of normally-classified Blue Flag beach.
Tourism
It has 2 km of Blue Flag beach. It became a popular holiday destination from the 1960s onwards, mainly due to its extensive sandy beach and unique climate. Later, Vilamoura emerged, which is considered a tourist destination with great potential for lovers of golf and water sports, such as jet skiing, sailing, windsurfing, diving, and fishing.
When it comes to gastronomy, several restaurants in Quarteira showcase fish and seafood.
Among the tourist attractions, in addition to the extensive Quarteira beach, is the aquashow, a water park that has existed for more than two decades and is located right at the entrance to Quarteira, next to EN 396.
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