Guidebook for Silves
Food Scene
They have the best, always fresh seafood and great service.
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Marisqueira Rui
27 R. Comendador VilarinhoThey have the best, always fresh seafood and great service.
Parks & Nature
Benagil
One of a kind beach. Must see tourist attraction.
Praia da Marinha
Entertainment & Activities
Silves Golf
Rua de Vila FriaEvent happening between 11th e 20th of August
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Feira Medieval de Silves
Event happening between 11th e 20th of August
Estação Slide & Splash
125 Vale de DeusIdeal for kids.
Essentials
Modelo Continente Silves
Shopping
Mercado Municipal de Silves
N124Arts & Culture
Learn about the history Silves and the history of the Algarve region: The Rio Arade was long an important route into the interior for the Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians, who wanted the copper and iron action in the southwest of the country. With the Moorish invasion from the 8th century, the town gained prominence due to its strategic hilltop, riverside site. From the mid-11th to the mid-13th centuries, Shelb (or Xelb), as it was then known, rivalled Lisbon in prosperity and influence: according to the 12th-century Arab geographer Idrisi, it had a population of 30, 000, a port and shipyards, and ‘attractive buildings and well-furnished bazaars’.
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Municipal Archeology Museum Silves
Learn about the history Silves and the history of the Algarve region: The Rio Arade was long an important route into the interior for the Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians, who wanted the copper and iron action in the southwest of the country. With the Moorish invasion from the 8th century, the town gained prominence due to its strategic hilltop, riverside site. From the mid-11th to the mid-13th centuries, Shelb (or Xelb), as it was then known, rivalled Lisbon in prosperity and influence: according to the 12th-century Arab geographer Idrisi, it had a population of 30, 000, a port and shipyards, and ‘attractive buildings and well-furnished bazaars’.