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Explore Silves in Portugal

Silves in the region of Faro with its 10,917 inhabitants is a town in Portugal - some 112 mi or ( 180 km ) South of Lisbon , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Silves is now 04:10 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Lisbon " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Senhora do Verde, Sao Bartolomeu de Messines, Praia da Rocha, Portimao, and Pedreira. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Senhora do Verde . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Silves ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Silves Portugal (HD)

5:22 min by Carlos Pais
Views: 5297 Rating: 5.00

SILVES, The town of Silves, in the south of Portugal, Algarve, stands on a fertile valley of orange groves and is dominated by its castle dating mainly from the time of the moors. The Castle towers of ..

Godspeed! Silves, Portugal

5:56 min by Roderick Vonhögen
Views: 4218 Rating: 4.94

In this episode of Godspeed, Fr. Roderick explores the cathedral and the imposing 8th century Moorish Castle, the 'Castelo dos Mouros', of the city of Silves in the Algarve, southern Portugal. Downloa ..


Silves, October 2008

4:03 min by Gareth Williams
Views: 1946 Rating: 5.00

Pictures of Silves, October 2008 ..

Dirt roads Algarve on my BMW G450X motorcycle

8:32 min by sandnescarv
Views: 1705 Rating: 5.00

www.erikisaksen.no Look at these dirt roads starting 2 km north of Silves in Algarve Portugal. Not agressive driving this time, but just having fun and having a look at the scenery. You could drive fo ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Silves Cathedral

Silves Cathedral (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Silves) in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, was mostly built in the 15th century and is considered the main Gothic monument in the Algarve.

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Located at 37.19 -8.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Cathedrals in Portugal, Gothic architecture in Portugal, Roman Catholic cathedrals in Portugal

Lagoa (parish)

Lagoa is a Portuguese civil parish/freguesia at the center of the municipality/concelho of Lagoa, 25.67 km² in area, with 6,059 inhabitants (2001 census). The population density is 236.0 inhabitants per km². The offices of the freguesia are in part of the Convento de São José.

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Located at 37.13 -8.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Lagoa (Algarve), Parishes of Portugal, Towns in Portugal

Estômbar

Estômbar is a Portuguese civil parish/freguesia in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa, just west of the city of Lagoa itself. It is 23.83 km² in area, with 4,658 inhabitants (2001 census); the population density is 195.5 inhabitants per km². Its civil status was raised to that of a town on August 16, 1991. Estômbar is mainly as a bedroom community for Portimão, and many of its residents travel daily across the Rio Arade to work in the neighboring municipality.

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Located at 37.15 -8.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Parishes in Lagoa (Algarve), Towns in Portugal

Porches (Lagoa)

Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa (Algarve) in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. It is 15.57 km² in area, with 1,901 inhabitants (2001); its population density is 122.1 persons/km². It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001.

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Located at 37.13 -8.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Lagoa (Algarve), Parishes of Lagoa (Algarve), Towns in Portugal

Parchal

Parchal is a Portuguese civil parish/freguesia in the northwest sector Lagoa Municipality, 4.5 km² in area, with 3,378 inhabitants (2001 census). The population density is 750.7 inhabitants per km². Parchal serves mainly as a bedroom community for Portimão, and many of its residents travel daily across the Rio Arade to work in the neighboring municipality.

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Located at 37.14 -8.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Lagoa (Algarve), Parishes of Portugal, Villages in the Algarve

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