This is famous for its long beach. When the harbour at Portimao was enhanced the sand was dumped here and this has created an excellent beach to go with the family resort. The resort itself has a number of large villas and mass market hotels.

A recent (2002) regular visitor summed up the area...

"If you are looking for small town flavour on the Praia da Rocha - you will not find it. It is pretty well deemed to be a tourist trap much like Hollywood Boulevard in the US and generally has the atmosphere of a gigantic flea market".

See also the adjacent areas of Alvor, Lagos and Portimao.

Accommodation (A-Z)

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• Hotel Jupiter - 1993
  "Very inexpensive and nice accommodations. Lots of British retirees who were loads of fun".
   
• Hotel Vau - 2002
  (May 02) "One of the best deals in long term stays is the VAU hotel located approx.. 2.5KM east of the Praia da Rocha. Clean, with Pool, Restaurant and about 600 meters from Praia do Vau". (Note - also shown in Portimao entry)

Eateries (A-Z)

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• Dories Steak House - 2000
  Is an excellent eating place. On a Friday night it's Indo/Chinese banquet was superb value and all the locals attended which was the best recommendation you can get.