Quarteira
A seaside town in Loulé with a long beach, a busy promenade and fish market, popular with Portuguese holidaymakers.
Quarteira is a coastal town in the municipality of Loulé that was a modest fishing village for centuries before growing into a holiday resort. Today apartment blocks line a long seafront promenade that runs behind a wide sandy beach.
The town keeps a working side, with fish and fruit markets close to the seafront, and it is popular with Portuguese families in summer. Vilamoura and its marina sit immediately to the west, and pine woods and golf courses lie inland. It is a practical, unpretentious base for a beach holiday.