Algarve - Portugal
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AffordableCaliço Park is an all year round, residential park, set in 9 hectares of rolling countryside on a south facing hill overlooking the village of Vila Nova de Cacela.
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Camping
For a tranquil and quiet relaxed atmosphere, Calico park is well presented throughout and offers an expanding array of facilities and a good friendly community feel.
WC for Wheelchairs
Fair Shade
Spaces for Caravans
Camping Area for TentsPark Facilities
For a tranquil and quiet relaxed atmosphere, Calico park is well presented throughout and offers an expanding array of facilities and a good friendly community feel.
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Swimming Pool
Restaurant and Bar
Children PlaygroundLocal Amenities & Attractions
Golf
Situated between 2 golf courses in Vila Nova De Cacela, this 4-star resort features a swimming pool and a full-service health club with an indoor pool. Access to the golf course and free shuttle to the beach are available.
The Quinta da Ria's 18-hole Golf Course was designed by Rocky Roquemore to take advantage of the natural setting of a Nature Reserve with the blue sea at its southern limit and is the Quinta de Cima golf course.
Villages
Where today is the city of Vila Real de Santo António, in historical times there was a small fishing village near the River Guadiana, called Santo António de Avenilha. The town was completely destroyed by the earthquake. Shortly afterwards, the Minister of the Kingdom, the Marquis of Pombal, decided to build a city in the sinister place, to demonstrate strength to Spain, the neighboring country little loved. The Marquis of Pombal resorted to techniques, which have already proved their worth in the reconstruction of the equally destroyed capital, Lisbon. In record time, that is, in just five months was born a city, developed the ruler and square, with a plant that imitates a chessboard. In honor of King D. José I was baptized of "Vila Real", with reference to the village tragically disappeared, also maintained the name of the patron saint Santo António.
During the 19th century, Vila Real de Santo António was a very important center for fishing for tuna and sardines and also an indispensable port of the ore trade. In 1886, Vila Real was the first city in the Algarve to receive a gas lighting system, a historical detail that also illuminates the grandeur and importance of this city in times gone by.
Since the decline of fishing activity and the fishing industry in the 1960s, tourism plays the leading role in the Leeward economy.
From Rio Guadiana and along almost ten kilometers to the banks of the lagoon system of the Ria Formosa near Cacela Velha, stretches a landscape of wonderful beaches and wide. Here the water is shallow and warmer than in the Barlavento and provides excellent beach vacation conditions for families with young children.
The Marquês de Pombal Square is the central town square, named after the Kingdom Minister who ordered the reconstruction of the city after the devastating earthquake of 1755. The church, located on the outskirts of the square, is flanked by a group of buildings identical construction. This building ensured the reconstruction of the city in just five months. The obelisk in the center of the square is dedicated to King D. José I.
The Avenida da Republica, bordered by palm trees, is characterized by Art Nouveau buildings. Among them, here in the marginal and overlooking the river, is the Hotel Guadiana, the first hotel that opened its doors in the Algarve. A small marina is on the north side of the waterfront. The jetty next door is starting point for boat excursions upriver. The boat to Ayamonte on the Spanish bank of the river also departs from here is down the only direct link between the two cities.
Activities
The Natural Reserve of Sapal de Castro Marim and Vila Real de Stº António (RNSCMVRSA) is located in the southeast of the Algarve, near the mouth of the river Guadiana, covering a territory integrated in the two municipalities that give it the name: Castro Marim; and Vila Real de Sto António.
The salt marsh of Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António was the first Nature Reserve created on the Portuguese continent.
The biological interest of the area in its multiple ecological, botanical, ornithological and ichthyological aspects, the archaeological value of the Castro Marim agglomerate, as well as the high sensitivity of the area and its influence on regional economic factors, such as fishing, saliniculture and of tourism, were the reasons invoked in the diploma that creates the Reserve.
From the viewpoint that is the castle of Castro Marim, built by Alfonso III in 1242 and around which the village grew, one can admire the curious reticulated landscape, mixed estuary, marshes, brackish water bodies, salinas, pastures , puddles, props and extensions without vegetation.
A geometry of lands and waters to which the mirror of the salty confers unforeseen reflexes. Nowadays, saliniculture, fish farming, agriculture and fishing share the essential part of the exploitation of natural resources.
The Natural Reserve is confused with the marsh which extends along the Guadiana, between Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António, a flat area with low altitudes, furrowed by a network of steers that ensure drainage and open to salt water. The dominant monotonous green alinda is in the spring with the red with which the Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum covers the slopes of the salinas. The highest areas have spots of Mediterranean maquis.
The steers are prime spot for breeding fish and crustaceans. Castro Marim serves as a habitat or simple refuge for the large population of water birds, namely the Stilt Himantopus himantopus and the tailor Recurvirostra avosetta. The white stork Ciconia ciconia stands out by the number of occupied nests. Also present were summer birds, the case of the flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus and the dwarf tern Sternula albifrons, and wintering birds, such as the limosa littoral tortoise and the common prairie Calidris alpina.
In the near coastal dunes one records the occurrence of Chamaeleo chamaeleon chameleon, observable in certain sections of the Algarve coastal strip and even in the barrier islands of Ria Formosa.
Villages
The castle, located at the top of the slope on the river bank, was built in the 14th century to protect the neighboring frontier of the Kingdom of Castile and adapted for the use of artillery in the 17th century. XVII.
Alcoutim is situated at a point where the river no longer resists the rise of the sea. This forced the ancient peoples, who wanted to carry the goods across the river, to wait here until the ebb tide began to descend with their sailing vessels heading for the Atlantic. Because of this, it was necessary to create an infrastructure that would support and protect that activity. Also due to its strategic position on the banks of the river and on the border with the Spanish kingdom of Castile, D. Dinis, King of Portugal (1279-1325), granted a charter to Alcoutim and donated it to the Military Order of Santiago.
Villages
During the Arab occupation a fortress was built, whose nucleus gave origin to the present castle.
Due to its strategic location near the border with the Kingdom of Castile in Spain, Castro Marim became, after the reconquest by the Christians, the seat of the Order of Christ. The castle was built by king D. Afonso III, in sec. XIII. With the transfer of the headquarters from this military and religious order to Tomar, Castro Marim lost its importance and its population was reduced considerably.
Classified as a National Monument since 1920, the castle stands on a bridge and once defended the town's harbor.
Clube Robinson Quinta Da Ria
Situated between 2 golf courses in Vila Nova De Cacela, this 4-star resort features a swimming pool and a full-service health club with an indoor pool. Access to the golf course and free shuttle to the beach are available.
The Quinta da Ria's 18-hole Golf Course was designed by Rocky Roquemore to take advantage of the natural setting of a Nature Reserve with the blue sea at its southern limit and is the Quinta de Cima golf course.
Vila Real de Santo António
Where today is the city of Vila Real de Santo António, in historical times there was a small fishing village near the River Guadiana, called Santo António de Avenilha. The town was completely destroyed by the earthquake. Shortly afterwards, the Minister of the Kingdom, the Marquis of Pombal, decided to build a city in the sinister place, to demonstrate strength to Spain, the neighboring country little loved. The Marquis of Pombal resorted to techniques, which have already proved their worth in the reconstruction of the equally destroyed capital, Lisbon. In record time, that is, in just five months was born a city, developed the ruler and square, with a plant that imitates a chessboard. In honor of King D. José I was baptized of "Vila Real", with reference to the village tragically disappeared, also maintained the name of the patron saint Santo António.
During the 19th century, Vila Real de Santo António was a very important center for fishing for tuna and sardines and also an indispensable port of the ore trade. In 1886, Vila Real was the first city in the Algarve to receive a gas lighting system, a historical detail that also illuminates the grandeur and importance of this city in times gone by.
Since the decline of fishing activity and the fishing industry in the 1960s, tourism plays the leading role in the Leeward economy.
From Rio Guadiana and along almost ten kilometers to the banks of the lagoon system of the Ria Formosa near Cacela Velha, stretches a landscape of wonderful beaches and wide. Here the water is shallow and warmer than in the Barlavento and provides excellent beach vacation conditions for families with young children.
The Marquês de Pombal Square is the central town square, named after the Kingdom Minister who ordered the reconstruction of the city after the devastating earthquake of 1755. The church, located on the outskirts of the square, is flanked by a group of buildings identical construction. This building ensured the reconstruction of the city in just five months. The obelisk in the center of the square is dedicated to King D. José I.
The Avenida da Republica, bordered by palm trees, is characterized by Art Nouveau buildings. Among them, here in the marginal and overlooking the river, is the Hotel Guadiana, the first hotel that opened its doors in the Algarve. A small marina is on the north side of the waterfront. The jetty next door is starting point for boat excursions upriver. The boat to Ayamonte on the Spanish bank of the river also departs from here is down the only direct link between the two cities.
Nature Reserve - Sapal de Castro Marim / Vila Real de Santo António
The Natural Reserve of Sapal de Castro Marim and Vila Real de Stº António (RNSCMVRSA) is located in the southeast of the Algarve, near the mouth of the river Guadiana, covering a territory integrated in the two municipalities that give it the name: Castro Marim; and Vila Real de Sto António.
The salt marsh of Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António was the first Nature Reserve created on the Portuguese continent.
The biological interest of the area in its multiple ecological, botanical, ornithological and ichthyological aspects, the archaeological value of the Castro Marim agglomerate, as well as the high sensitivity of the area and its influence on regional economic factors, such as fishing, saliniculture and of tourism, were the reasons invoked in the diploma that creates the Reserve.
From the viewpoint that is the castle of Castro Marim, built by Alfonso III in 1242 and around which the village grew, one can admire the curious reticulated landscape, mixed estuary, marshes, brackish water bodies, salinas, pastures , puddles, props and extensions without vegetation.
A geometry of lands and waters to which the mirror of the salty confers unforeseen reflexes. Nowadays, saliniculture, fish farming, agriculture and fishing share the essential part of the exploitation of natural resources.
The Natural Reserve is confused with the marsh which extends along the Guadiana, between Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António, a flat area with low altitudes, furrowed by a network of steers that ensure drainage and open to salt water. The dominant monotonous green alinda is in the spring with the red with which the Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum covers the slopes of the salinas. The highest areas have spots of Mediterranean maquis.
The steers are prime spot for breeding fish and crustaceans. Castro Marim serves as a habitat or simple refuge for the large population of water birds, namely the Stilt Himantopus himantopus and the tailor Recurvirostra avosetta. The white stork Ciconia ciconia stands out by the number of occupied nests. Also present were summer birds, the case of the flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus and the dwarf tern Sternula albifrons, and wintering birds, such as the limosa littoral tortoise and the common prairie Calidris alpina.
In the near coastal dunes one records the occurrence of Chamaeleo chamaeleon chameleon, observable in certain sections of the Algarve coastal strip and even in the barrier islands of Ria Formosa.
Castle of Alcoutim
The castle, located at the top of the slope on the river bank, was built in the 14th century to protect the neighboring frontier of the Kingdom of Castile and adapted for the use of artillery in the 17th century. XVII.
Alcoutim is situated at a point where the river no longer resists the rise of the sea. This forced the ancient peoples, who wanted to carry the goods across the river, to wait here until the ebb tide began to descend with their sailing vessels heading for the Atlantic. Because of this, it was necessary to create an infrastructure that would support and protect that activity. Also due to its strategic position on the banks of the river and on the border with the Spanish kingdom of Castile, D. Dinis, King of Portugal (1279-1325), granted a charter to Alcoutim and donated it to the Military Order of Santiago.
Castle of Castro Marim
During the Arab occupation a fortress was built, whose nucleus gave origin to the present castle.
Due to its strategic location near the border with the Kingdom of Castile in Spain, Castro Marim became, after the reconquest by the Christians, the seat of the Order of Christ. The castle was built by king D. Afonso III, in sec. XIII. With the transfer of the headquarters from this military and religious order to Tomar, Castro Marim lost its importance and its population was reduced considerably.
Classified as a National Monument since 1920, the castle stands on a bridge and once defended the town's harbor.
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What they say
What a find, a beautiful park in a great real life setting close to the beaches, but not in the touristy hub of it. Very friendly people both staff and home owners. We love it here, and this is where we want to call home in a few years.
Jack Doe
Here we are close to everything but in a quiet and rural place away from all the hustle & bustle. We love the people and the surroundings, in fact we know more people here than in Rotterdam!
Kevin & Barbara O Rourke from Lancashire
Great camp / caravan park on the Algarve very near to Spain. Not your average park. 4km to beach. Sea view from park. Been coming here 3 years now . Nice people and great part of the world.
Ian McNally