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Description
Quinta de Marim (or Centro Educação Ambiental de Marim) is a beautiful estate with many different habitats that attract birds. A 3 km trail takes you through various ecosystems – dunes, salt marshes, pine woodlands. There is a hide at the edge of the marsh. Among the interesting birds you can see in the area are Great Spotted Cuckoo, Little Owl, European Bee-eater, Red-rumped Swallow, Purple Swamphen, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Curlew, Whimbrel, Kentish Plover, Little Egret, Iberian Magpie, Sardinian Warbler, along with other warblers, chats, finches, larks, tits and thrushes.
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Quinta de Marim is located 10 km east of Faro. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8am-8pm; weekends and public holidays 10am-8pm. Entrance € 3 (2024). Parking near the entrance. Click on the P in the map for directions. When you pay the admission fee you receive a map of the estate with a 3 km walking trail and the places of interest at various points. The main path follows a circular route, with information boards dotted around. There are also other paths you can explore. A visit takes about 3 hours.