Estômbar
An old inland town above the Arade river, with a Manueline parish church and a riverside park at Sítio das Fontes.
Estômbar is a small town in the municipality of Lagoa, just west of Lagoa itself and close to the Arade river. It has deep roots: under Moorish rule it was known as Sanabus, and the poet Ibn Ammar came from here. Later it prospered from farming and fish canning.
The main sight is the parish church of São Tiago, a sixteenth-century building in Manueline style, rebuilt in the eighteenth century and now a national monument, with old tiles in its chapel. Outside town, the Parque Municipal das Fontes is a green riverside spot for a walk or picnic. Many residents work across the river in Portimão.
