Yes that is where we are staying. One would like to assume that it a pretty main road until like you say you get close to the villas, so I guess we should be ok.. not sure how useful Tom Tom will be (it can be bad enough in the UK sometimes!)..

Is it nice, and good location?

I stayed in Vale de Parra for 2 weeks in June - Villa Salgados http://www.villaplus.com/algarve/code/villas/VillaIndividual.asp?ID=33 and loved every minute of it - Lovely villa - several restaurants within walking distance and loads more within a short drive. you can find a good map here http://www.freemaps.net/en/downloads/gale.pdf