Alvor is a holiday town on the Algarve coast. Its main attraction is a wide, sandy beach stretching for several kilometers. Although the town has a long history, only the sixteenth century church and fragments of the walls of the Moorish castle have survived here.
According to legend, Alvor was to be founded in ancient times by Carthaginians. In later centuries the Romans ruled these areas, and in the 7th century the Moors arrived. They built a castle, in which the Portuguese fortress was reconstructed. Alvor nearly all the buildings were demolished as a result of a devastating earthquake in the mid-eighteenth century. To this day only the church in the Manueline style and a small chapel of God's Mercy have interrupted. Fragments of the old castle walls can be seen here and there between the houses.
Alvor today functions primarily as a holiday resort. The former harbor quay facing the bay closed by the spit passes smoothly into the seaside promenade. The beach next to it is flat and covered with light sand, and at its end there are picturesque bays. There are water equipment rentals on the beach, and from the small port you can take a trip along the coast.
