No village along the South West coast is totally untouched by tourism, but FERRAGUDO is far less affected than most. Sitting within the eastern breakwater at the mouth of the river Arade, it maintains an air of unpretentiousness. There is a somewhat shabby serenity about it. Unenviously it looks across the river to Portimão and Portimão's beachside satellite, Praia da Rocha.