Monchique
A mountain municipality in the green Serra de Monchique, with the Algarve's highest peak, Fóia, a hill town and the spa of Caldas.
Monchique is an inland municipality covering the Serra de Monchique, a range of wooded hills that is cooler and wetter than the coast. The hill town of Monchique has a historic centre and a parish church with a carved Manueline doorway.
Above the town, Fóia is the highest point in the Algarve and, with neighbouring Picota, offers wide views towards the sea. The spa village of Caldas de Monchique lies to the south, and the parishes of Marmelete and Alferce are more remote and rural. The area is known for walking, cycling, cork, honey, cured pork and medronho, a spirit made from strawberry-tree fruit.