Alcantarilha
A small inland village near Armação de Pêra, best known for the bone chapel beside its sixteenth-century parish church.
Alcantarilha is a small village in the municipality of Silves, a little inland from Armação de Pêra. It is an old settlement, with a name thought to come from Arabic, and it was once enclosed by walls.
Most visitors come to see the parish church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, which dates from the sixteenth century and has a Manueline main chapel and a gilded eighteenth-century altarpiece. Built against its side is the Capela dos Ossos, a small chapel lined with human skulls and bones. It is a short, quiet stop that pairs easily with a beach day nearby.
