Armação de Pêra was in the beginning one small fishing small town exactly where tuna was once caught and brought up onto "Fishermen’s Beach”.
The net how the fishers utilized get the Tuna in was named "Armação" and since it is very near to "Pêra", the town was known as Armação de Pêra.
The resort boasts one of the popular attractive beach locations in the Algarve together with attractive coves throughout the shoreline then there is a superb choice of fish dining establishments, specially in the "Fishermen’s Beach" area. It is a great place for just a comforting holiday and has that particular something about it you will truly love. There exists a promenade following the seaside where you can find a Casino, a mini-golf course and several other atractions.
The beach of Armação de Pêra is ideal for children as it is very relaxed and the slope is gradual,as well as in daytime the fishermen will take travellers for a trip across the coastline where one can start to see the interesting rock formations and caves.
Also inside the location there is a tiny Romanesque Chapel of "Senhora da Rocha" (Our Lady of the Rocks), which is where fishers used to pray just before setting off for one night’s doing some fishing. This is apparently the location exactly where there was an image of the Virgin Mary.
Armação de Pêra is really a blend of a little climate worn buildings and new, modern apartment blocks over the sea front, quite a few becoming quite a few levels high. The 'old village' is at the far eastern end by the fishermen's beach and is particularly a lot more typically Algarvean. It can be here, around the beach that the remains to be of a 17th century fort still remain - created to protect the village from pirates and corsairs by way of prosperous fishing boat owner. There's a chapel inside, dedicated to Santo António, also is from seventeen century.
The landscapes of the coast from the fort tend to be from the prolonged, long extend of golden fine sand which runs on the rocks and caves at the western end by Senhora da Rocha, to Praia de Galé (near to Albufeira) in the east.
The cobbled streets on a corner of the hill contrary the whitewashed fort leads down into a network of little streets with a variety of shops, cafés, night clubs and eating places in Armação de Pêra. |
