 The village is south east of Silves and is south south east of Lisbon.The village used to be called Pêra de Cima or Upper Pêra to distinguish it from the present Armação de Pêra, which was then named Pêra de Baixo (Lower Pêra).Pêra is located a little south of the N125 coast road and is linked to Albufeira by the old municipal road Estr EN526.