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Almada, City in Portugal Population :
Environment Almada is located in the Lisbon region in the west of Portugal, including Grande Lisboa and the Peninsula de Setubal. This is a region of significant importance in industry, services and agriculture. In this region you will find "big-city life" as well as marvelous historical places of interest, nice wine districts, some of the best beaches in the country, and world famous golf courses. Almada is situated in the district of Setúbal. View all properties for sale in the district of Setúbal. Some distances of interest The closest airport is Lisbon Internationale Airport, located 10 km away. It is 30 km to the mountains and less than 1 km to the nearest river. If you enjoy playing golf, you might want to know that the nearest golf course is Aroeira Golf I (10 km away). In Portugal the Atlantic Ocean is always "close by" - distances from estern inland border will maximum be a two hour drive. The closest beach is 10 km away.


Climate : Ocean clima with nice hot humid summers and with a cool breeze from the sea in wintertime Town character : Industrial city Primary Industry : Manufacturing Industry
Almada can offer you: Sight: Castle/Ruins, Museum, Church, Historical-monument, Dining/Pleasure: Hotel, Restaurants, Bar, Disco, Dancing, Coffé-shop, Shopping: City centre, Pharmacy, Supermarked, Shopping-mal, Shops, Bakery, Florist, Sport/Activity: Fotball arena, Surfing, Beach, Golf, Go-cart, Spa, Bath, Diving, Sailing, Windsurfing, Motorsport, Fishing, Tennis, Public transport: Car-rental, Trainstation, Buss-terminal, Taxi, Public: Public service, Internett-cafe, Cinema, Theatre, City-park, Hospital, Police, Bank, Post-office, Tourist-info, Level of education: University
Homepage : http://www.m-almada.pt


Almada - the city of "Cristo Rei" Municipal holiday: June 24 - Saint John the Baptist Population in the city: 103.000 inhabitants. Population in the municipality: 165.000 inhabitants. Almada is a city and a municipality in west Porugal - a suburb to Lisbon. Almada is a coastal municipality, bordering with the river Tejo and the Atlantic Ocean. Cacilhas is the main port - with ferry boat connections with Lisbon. The beautiful Bridge 25 de Abril spans above the Tejo river - the major river in the Iberian Peninsula. Its mouth is a large estuary forming the best harbor in Europe, on which the port cities of Lisbon and Almada is situated. Between Almada and Lisbon, this bridge - one of the largest in Europe - links Greater Lisbon and the Setubal Peninsula, by motor vehicle and by train, with a light-rail transit system, the Metro Sul do Tejo. Cristo Rei The monument Christ the King - Cristo Rei - stands on the left side of the river Tejo, in the parish of Pragal in Almada. With open arms, overlooking the whole city, it resembles the Corcovado monument in Rio de Janeiro, and was built after World War II, as thanks for Portugal's being spared the horrors and destruction of the war.

Wine from the region of Lisbon Portugal produces some of the world's finest, oldest, unique and highest value-added wines. The country has a large variety of native breeds - about 285 - producing a very wide variety of different wines with distinctive personality. Lisbon region is known for its Moscatel wine and also for the Colares sand wine. Read more about wine from Lisbon region here. Read more about Portuguese wine here.