{"id":61826,"date":"2026-10-31T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=61826"},"modified":"2026-10-31T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:22:52","slug":"pego-do-inferno","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/nl\/attractions-to-visit\/pego-do-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"Pego do Inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In een groene kom van het platteland ten noorden van <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/nl\/te-bezoeken\/regio-s-portugal\/algarve-region\/tavira\/\">Tavira<\/a>, the Asseca stream drops through small calcareous cascades into a deep, dark pool. The place carries a heavy name \u2014 Pego do Inferno, Hell&#8217;s Pool \u2014 earned, the story goes, by a carriage that plunged into the water and was never found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Molens en tufsteendammen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De waterval is de grootste van drie aan de Asseca, een beek die ertoe doet voor het hele platteland van Tavira. Vallend water over kalksteen bouwde de terrasvormige tufsteendammen die de poel vasthouden, en een watermolen werkte ooit ter plaatse \u2014 de oude naam Moinhos da Rocha leeft voort voor deze plek. De watervallen danken een deel van hun huidige vorm aan werk dat generaties lang voor irrigatie werd verricht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">De legende van de verloren koets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story of the carriage \u2014 its passengers and horses never recovered, divers said, despite every search \u2014 gave the pool its infernal name and kept it out of guidebooks for generations as the region&#8217;s secret waterfall. Today it is a short, well-trod walk from the road, popular for its shade in the Algarve summer, and the coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/nl\/te-bezoeken\/regio-s-portugal\/algarve-region\/ilha-de-tavira\/\">Ilha de Tavira<\/a> ligt slechts een paar kilometer ten zuiden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bezienswaardigheden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>De waterval en de diepe poel eronder<\/li>\n\n\n<li>De terrasvormige tufsteendammen van de Asseca-beek<\/li>\n\n\n<li>De herinnering aan de oude watermolen (Moinhos da Rocha)<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Het voetpad naar beneden door de bomen<\/li>\n\n\n<li>De kust van Tavira op een korte rit afstand<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Praktische informatie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De waterval ligt in de parochie Santo Est\u00eav\u00e3o, in de gemeente Tavira, bereikbaar via landweggetjes vanaf de weg ten noorden van de stad. De afvoer van de beek varieert sterk met regenval en gebruik stroomopwaarts, en in droge jaren kan de poel krimpen of bijna verdwijnen \u2014 raadpleeg de lokale omstandigheden voordat je een zwempartij plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Beeldcredits: Pego do Inferno by Jose A. \u2014 CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Een waterval van de beek de Asseca in een groene kom ten noorden van Tavira, met een diepe poel en de legende van een koets die nooit is teruggevonden.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61827,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[],"attraction-categ":[1059],"localidade":[130],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"regioes_turisticas_term":[113],"class_list":["post-61826","to-visit","type-to-visit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","attraction-categ-natural-wonders-parks","localidade-tavira","regioes_turisticas_term-algarve"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pego do Inferno \u2014 Algarve | Real Dreams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pego do Inferno, Tavira: the waterfall and pool of the Asseca stream at Santo Est\u00eav\u00e3o, with its legend of the lost carriage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/nl\/te-bezoeken\/pego-do-inferno\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pego do Inferno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pego do Inferno, Tavira: the waterfall and pool of the Asseca stream at Santo Est\u00eav\u00e3o, with its legend of the lost carriage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/nl\/te-bezoeken\/pego-do-inferno\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Real Dreams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pego-do-inferno.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschatte leestijd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/pego-do-inferno\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/pego-do-inferno\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pego do Inferno \u2014 Algarve | Real Dreams\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/pego-do-inferno\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/pego-do-inferno\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/pego-do-inferno.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-31T09:22:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Pego do Inferno, Tavira: the waterfall and pool of the Asseca stream at Santo Est\u00eav\u00e3o, with its legend of the lost carriage.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/pego-do-inferno\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/pego-do-inferno\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/pego-do-inferno\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/pego-do-inferno.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/pego-do-inferno.webp\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"The Asseca stream falling into the pool of Pego do Inferno. 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