Faro

Silves

Discover the 8 parishes that make up the municipality of Silves, Faro district.

8 Parishes

37,766 Inhabitants

86m Avg. Altitude

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The Route of Silves

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 8 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

Silves

10,661 inh.

Alcantarilha

2,498 inh.

Pêra

2,497 inh.

Armação de Pêra

6,003 inh.

Algoz

3,419 inh.

Tunes

3,418 inh.

São Bartolomeu de Messines

8,157 inh.

São Marcos da Serra

1,113 inh.

This route is calculated geographically to minimise travel. Perfect for discovering the municipality at your own pace.

Parishes
of Silves

8 parishes

Silves

Alcantarilha

Limestone glows, carob cracks, census counts grand-children not yet born—Silves parish, Faro.

2K 29m

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Silves

Algoz

Frozen clocks, card-slapping cafés and €7 xerém lunches in a Faro parish the tracks forgot

3K 62m

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Silves

Armação de Pêra

Fishermen still haul tuna traps beneath the old fort while church bells echo quarry stone

6K 54m

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Silves

Pêra

Silves parish where vanished pear trees, cork groves and Atlantic cliffs frame age-old feasts

2K 57m

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Silves

São Bartolomeu de Messines

Walk crimson sandstone paths where poet João de Deus shaped Portugal’s ABCs amid almond groves.

8K 147m

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Silves

São Marcos da Serra

Wood-smoke curls over a one-road village where centenarian olives, amber honey and 11 schoolchildren

1K 136m

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Silves

Inland Algarve’s ochre heart, where vines cling to schist and castle stone hums with 800 years

11K 144m

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Silves

Tunes

A whistle-stop village where 1889 station steam mingles with orange blossom and charcoal-grilled eel

3K 58m

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Silves

Silves

Alcantarilha

Pêra

Armação de Pêra

Algoz

Tunes

São Bartolomeu de Messines

São Marcos da Serra

Alcantarilha

Algoz

Armação de Pêra

Pêra

São Bartolomeu de Messines

São Marcos da Serra

Silves

Tunes

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