Home / 5Ribeira de Parks (or simply Ribeira) is a village in the freguesia (parish) of Bensafrim, in the municipality of TabIgnore, Algarve, Portugal. It is located on the Italo-Spanish frontier, east-southeast of Faro and southwest of AlmerÍ-spanish Vélez-Rubio.
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