Ferragudo serves mainly as a bedroom community for Portimão, and many of its residents travel daily across the Rio Arade to work in the neighboring municipality.

As part of the freguesia of Lagoa and of Estômbar in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa, it was separated from the concelho of Silves on January 16, 1773.

Up until the late 20th century, Ferragudo was the home mainly of fishermen, who worked the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the estuary of the Rio Arade and the river itself. Today its economic life is mostly tied to the tourist industry.

When it became a town in 1999 it absorbed other villages and hamlets such as Aldeia de S. Francisco, Vale de Azinhaga, Corgos, Gramacho, Presa de Moura and Vale de Lapa.

Bordered on the west and south by the Rio Arade and the Atlantic Ocean, Ferragudo is noted for its picturesque scenery, its good fishing and its beaches: Angrinha, Caneiros, Torrados, Infanta, Afurada, João Lopes, Molhe, Pintadinho e a Praia Grande. Among the natural scenic sites is the Ponta do Altar as well as various cliffs, underground caverns, vent chimneys and steep cliffed islets.

Wikipedia articles for Ferragudo

• Ferragudo
• Fort of São João do Arade
• Fort of São João do Arade
• Praia da Angrinha (Ferragudo)
• Praia Grande (Ferragudo)
• Arade River
• Praia da Rocha
• Praia da Rocha
• Parchal
• Fort of Santa Catarina
• Portimão Municipality
• Portimão Parish
• Portimão
• Estádio Municipal de Portimão
• Estômbar
• Carvoeiro (Lagoa)