Description

Rustic land, in agricultural area, Ribeira de Alte, Paderne, Albufeira, Algarve

This land is located in the area of the so-called Ribeira de Alte, next to a water line. The land is classified as rustic in agricultural area, belongs to the National Agricultural Reserve. In this way, the use to be used on the land is very limited. Only agriculture is permitted on the basis of the high fertility of these soils. The land does not have direct access to any road. Pedestrian access is made by the neighbor’s land.

This whole area is essentially field with some scattered residences. The resident population is already a mix of retired foreigners, with local Portuguese, already with a large majority of age. The surrounding dwellings are typical of a simple architecture of the forties, maintaining a familiar and pleasant atmosphere. Privacy is a feature of these houses with a lot of space between the dwellings. Small agglomerations of housing in which residents are familiar with each other are frequent.

This place is just like many others that we can find outside the urban environments of the small Algarvias towns. The type of local trees such as the alfarrobeira, the almond tree, the fig tree and the almond tree are the most popular species and simultaneously economic source of the region. This resource has been of fundamental importance over the past century. The economic exchanges were made valuing the land with these trees to the advantage of the land of the coast near the beaches, which produced no income.

This land is about three and a half kilometers from the village of Paderne and about thirteen kilometers from Albufeira. Lusíadas Hospital is 12 and a half kilometres away and the Health Center is 12 kilometres away. The pharmacy is in Paderne as well as some commerce. Beaches such as Galé Beach are 20 kilometres away.