3 Bedroom Penthouse apartment of quality in Portimão with solarium sea view and Box. Located in quiet and residential area near ford beach, services and commerce. Composed of 3 bedrooms one en suite, large living room with covered terrace, separate kitchen with terrace, 2 bathrooms, large terraces and a private balcony on the roof of 116sqm with water and light. It has parking for 3 cars and 2 motorcycles, a closed box plus a covered parking place with storage room and another outdoor place that gives for 2 numbered cars that can also be for boat. On the terrace of 116sqm can be used for leisure area and barbecue with wide mountain and sea views. The building is from 2007 with two elevators with a total of 10 apartments. An apartment with the comfort of a villa. It has solar panels. video (url hidden) Brief history of the city. Portimão was a prehistoric settlement, Phoenician trading post. Greek and Carthaginian. With the Romans it became very well known due to its excellent port, it was conquered from the Muslims in 1290 by the Knights of the Order of Santiago, in 1453 it was elevated to a village, being called Vila Nova de Portimão and in 1924 elevated to a city. At the end of the century begins the influx of bathers who stayed in houses and farms of Praia da Rocha or Praia de Santa Catarina. In 1910 opens the casino of Praia da Rocha that begins to attract the aristocrats of the south of the country and Andalusia, in the first decade of the twentieth century, is built the Hotel Viola, today Hotel da Rocha and in 1936 is built the Hotel Bela Vista. When talking about Portimão we must mention one of its most illustrious sons, Manuel Teixeira Gomes, born on May 27,1869, diplomat and president of the republic. Portimão was an important fishing port that still remains today. (BI-MB110)