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Praia do Carvoeiro is the place. Its name is nowadays usually
simplified to Carvoeiro. To those who peruse the holiday accommodation
classified ads in British national newspapers, Carvoeiro may be one of
the best-known places in the whole of Portugal.
Apart from its far-flung reputation, it has managed to keep a low
profile, having spread sideways rather than upwards. Suburbs of good
quality villas, many of them with private pools, have been built to the
east and west of the village. There are a few good hotels in the
vicinity, but essentially this is holiday villa land. It is very active
in summer, but the villa shutters come down with the first signs of
winter in early November and most of the neighbourhood goes into
hibernation.
There is one notable area of continued activity throughout the winter
and that is west of the village where the upmarket Carvoeiro Clube
development maintains two excellent golf courses, the unique double
nine-hole Quinta do Gramacho, and the pristine 18-hole Vale de Pinta.
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