 Continue towards the barragem until you see this building and turn left just
before it. When you're ready to leave you can do so by crossing the dam, stay right and
you'll end up at the same building, having seen the dam from two different locations.
The Barragem do Arade was built in the years between 1944 and 1956. It is
one of the main reservoirs of water in the Algarve and is irrigating more than 2.300
hectares of citrus trees.
The water level is max.46 meters above ground and the dam itself is 246
meters wide
The dam also produces 1,35 GWh of electricity You can find more facts
about the dam here
[in Portuguese - opens in new window].
In a 4 wheel drive vehicle you can make some interesting excursions into
the wilderness behind the dam, but please be careful as the tracks are extremely
dangerous. |
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