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Three nights of pop, hip-hop and Brazilian sertanejo on Portimão's riverfront, with Maiara & Maraisa, Kevinho and Veigh.
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Mar Me Quer has grown into one of the bigger ticketed music weekends on this stretch of coast, taking over the Zona Ribeirinha in Portimão for its 5th edition. The billing leans towards Brazilian and Portuguese urban acts, with Maiara & Maraisa, Veigh, Kevinho, Orochi and Chico da Tina among the confirmed names, alongside a run of Portuguese hip-hop and pop performers.
The festival runs across three nights, each with its own line-up, and the riverside setting means a walk along the water between sets. It has a younger, dance-focused crowd compared with the more traditional feiras and festas elsewhere on this list.
Tickets are sold by day or as a multi-day pass, with daily tickets from 20 euros and a full three-day pass from 50 euros.
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Chapão Restaurante & Grill is a Brazilian restaurant in Portimão with a buffet, rodízio meats served at the table and home delivery.
50 m from the venue
Portimão based law firm founded in 1978, with offices in Carvoeiro, Lagos and Faro, covering property law, Golden Visa and taxation for residents.
50 m from the venue
Tapas restaurant in Portimão with dishes inspired by flavours from around the world, open for dinner from Wednesday to Sunday.
50 m from the venue
DUOO Gastro Theatre is a chef's table restaurant in Portimão with show cooking in front of 12 seats and tasting menus.
100 m from the venue
Restaurant in Portimão serving locally crafted food and wine since 2022, with weekday lunch specials and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday.
100 m from the venue
Dental clinic in the centre of Portimão with over 20 years' experience, serving Alvor, Ferragudo, Lagoa, Carvoeiro, Monchique and Lagos.
200 m from the venue
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A quiet municipal park at Estômbar where freshwater springs meet the tidal Arade, with a tide mill, boardwalks and a stone amphitheatre. Sítio das Fontes is where Lagoa locals go for Sunday picnics while visitors queue for boat trips a few kilometres downstream. Springs bubble into a pool beside the restored tide mill, boardwalk paths loop through marsh and woodland, and egrets and waders work the estuary flats. A small amphitheatre built into the hillside hosts occasional concerts. It is an easy, level wander rather than a hike, which makes it a good outing with children or grandparents in tow. Follow the signs from Estômbar village; late afternoon brings the best light over the marsh, and picnic tables sit under the trees.
A necropolis of 5,000 year old monumental tombs in farmland behind Alvor, with a walk-in burial mound at its heart. Alcalar was the ceremonial centre of a Copper Age community that farmed this corner of the Algarve, and restored Monument 7 is the showpiece: a stone mound with a low passage leading to a corbelled chamber, engineering from around 3000 BC that you can peer into from the entrance corridor. Several more tombs lie around it in various states of excavation, and a small interpretation centre sets the scene. Few people come, so you will likely share the site only with larks and the wind. It is signposted from Mexilhoeira Grande off the N125; combine it with lunch in Alvor or Figueira.
Silves' whitewashed old bridge and the riverside beneath the castle, best at low tide when egrets stalk the Arade mudflats. Everyone climbs to the red castle; far fewer linger on the river. The multi-arched Ponte Velha, medieval on older foundations and long nicknamed the Roman bridge, still carries foot traffic across the Arade, and the banks around it are Silves at its most local: anglers, café tables, market mornings and storks clattering on the chimneys. At low tide the river drops to channels where egrets and waders feed, with the castle and cathedral stacked above the whitewash behind. Cross to the south bank in late afternoon for the view back over town, then take a table near the municipal market as the light turns orange.
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