The border town with the checkerboard pattern
Based on the model of the Baixa district in Lisbon, the border town was laid out in a checkerboard pattern in 1774. Incidentally, it was the first city in the Algarve to have electricity and gas connections. That was in 1886. The square Praça do Marques de Pombal with its star-shaped, black and white paving and an obelisk in honor of King José I and the promenade on the Rio Guadiana, where you can see the
Ferry to the neighboring Spanish town of Ayamonte can go over.
Did you know that the border between Spain and Portugal, nicknamed "A Raia", is the oldest border in Europe?
