A Serra de Monchique está localizada no oeste do Algarve e oferece um panorama deslumbrante de mar e serra por todo lado.
O ponto mais alto da serra e do Algarve é Fóia, com 902 metros. Deste ponto a vista estende-se de um lado até ao Cabo de São Vicente (e a norte até à Serra da Arrábida, perto de Lisboa), e do outro lado até Faro e um vasto semicírculo de colinas. O segundo ponto mais alto é a Picota, com 774 metros de altura. As vista desse cume também é espetacular, abragendo uma longa varredura do Algarve e do mar.
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37.319486, -8.589997
DMS
37°19'10.1"N 8°35'24.0"W
UTM
29S 536327 4130393
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