Montechoro
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| Region : | Algarve | |||||
| Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
| District : | Faro | |||||
| Concelho : | Albufeira | |||||
| Freguesia : | Albufeira | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 6 ′ N , 8 ° 13 ′ W | |||||
Montechoro is a town in Portugal, in the Algarve .
administration
The village belongs to the municipality ( Freguesia ) of Albufeira in the district of the same name ( concelho ) in the district of Faro .
meaning
Montechoro is a well-known vacation spot. A number of hotels and holiday complexes have settled here, and the place is characterized by a lively nightlife. In the 1970s, the fado singer João Braga ran the then famous fado bar O Montinho here .
In football, Montechoro is present as an internationally known training camp, and national and international football matches are also held here. The Portuguese national soccer team played a number of international matches here.
Individual evidence
- ^ Montechoro at TripAdvisor , accessed December 8, 2013
- ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Músca em Portugal no Século XX, AC . 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010, page 155 ( ISBN 978-989-644-091-6 )
- ^ Entry on Montechoro on the website www.fussballtrainingslager.com, accessed on December 8, 2013
- ↑ see venues for the international matches of the Portuguese women's national soccer team