Erik Isaksen

Carvoeiro

Kveldstemning i Carvoeiro

Carvoeiro Beach - destinasjonen Dette er «postkort» Algarve!

Her finner du de beste strendene og har kort avstand til blant annet badeland, små fiskelandsbyer, shopping, formel1 banen, delfinpark, nydelige turområder, båtsightseeing, kvalitets restauranter m.v. Carvoeiro har klart å beholde mye av sin sjarm, og denne gamle fiskelandsbyen har en fasinerende maritim historie. Det er veldig lett å bli fanget i atmosfæren og lengte tilbake til denne koselige landsbyen! Carvoeiro er kjent for å ha mange faste gjester. De fleste som besøker Carvoeiro kommer tilbake!

Prøv noen av landsbyens gode restauranter som blant annet: BON BON, L Orange, Ele Ela, Maxime, O Patio, Pimenta Preta, Primavera eller for eksempel Onze. Ta venner med på Round UP (cowboy puben) eller den irske puben som ofte har mye bra live musikk.

Den herlige bystranden og de nydelige strendene i kort avstand fra Carvoeiro frister til late dager.....men hopp gjerne i en av de lokale fiskebåtene for en spennende grottetur (eller for å finne deg en liten strand helt for deg selv). Uansett så må du ikke reise fra landsbyen uten å kjøpe den herlige iskremen med hjemmelagt kjeks fra den berømte isbaren som «alltid» har vært der!

Carvoeiro har alt du trenger av praktiske ting: bank, post, shopping, matbutikker, restauranter, lege, apotek, turistinformasjon, bil, MC og sykkelutleie, buss/taxi, organsiert transport til fornøyelsesparker m.v.

Carvoeiro, or more commonly Praia de Carvoeiro, is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa. Located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Lagoa, the parish, covering an area of 14.12 square kilometres (5.45 sq mi) had a population of 2784 inhabitants after the 2001 census (there were approximately 197.2 people per kilometre square).

Formed from a picturesque fishing village, with a long history of settlement, the parish slowly developed into a tourist area in the municipality of Lagoa, owing to its the number of sand beaches protected by cliffs. There are vestiges of human settlement, dating to the Roman occupation of the peninsula, as well as early naval activity in the area.

The region was historically unspared from frequent pirate and military assaults along the coast, with a number of naval battles occurring off the coast. Most notably, in 1544, a squadron of ships under D. Pedro da Cunha, battled the Turkish barbary coast pirate, Xarramet. From historical records, the earliest settlement originated in the name Caboiere, an old name for a hamlet of fishermen from the Islamic-medieval period. For most of its history, fishing was the mainstay of the local economy.

However, from the 1960s onward, tourism gradually became the economic base of the area, with many new hotels, apartment complexes, shops, roads, and significant improvements to infrastructures completed to attract visitors to the metropole. An insight into the effects of mass tourism on the Algarve, centred on Carvoeiro was written by Patrick Swift, detailing the community before the arrival of mass tourism by Patrick Swift. Swift was an artist and long time resident of Carvoeiro who founded Porches Pottery.

Carvoeiro became a separate/independent parish in 1985 and raised to the status of town on 19 April 2001.

Algar Seco, a few hundred meters along the coast east of the main square and beach, is a popular nature site where ocean wave erosion has carved out grottoes, islets and water-spouts.