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Beaches Attractions In Algarve

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The Algarve is the southernmost region of continental Portugal. It has an area of 4,997 km2 with 451,006 permanent inhabitants, and incorporates 16 municipalities. The region has as its administrative centre in the city of Faro, where both the region's international airport and public university, the University of Algarve, are located. Tourism and related activities are extensive and make up the bulk of the Algarve's summer economy. Production of food, which includes fish and other seafood, different types of fruit such as oranges, figs, plums, carob beans, and almonds, is also economically important in the region. Although Lisbon surpasses the Algarve...
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Beaches Attractions In Algarve

  • 1. Cabanas de Tavira beach Cabanas
    Cabanas de Tavira is a former civil parish in the municipality of Tavira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Conceição e Cabanas de Tavira. The parish covers an area of approximately 4.2 km², and encompasses a resident population of approximately 1181 inhabitants. Once a fishing port, it is now a popular summer tourist destination, owing to its beach and island , which belong to the Ria Formosa Nature Park.
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  • 2. Praia Gale Gale
    Praia do Castelo is a beach close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. This beach is located 4.0 miles by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 31.9 miles west of the regions capital of Faro. This beach is one of sixty nine blue flag beaches in the Algarve.
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  • 3. Praia de Benagil Lagoa
    Benagil is a small Portuguese village on the Atlantic coast in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, in Portugal. Up to the late 20th century, the village's economy was based on ocean fishing. Now it is a tourist area with a widely used beach: Praia de Benagil. This village and beach are located in close proximity to the world famous Marinha Beach.
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  • 4. Praia do Barril Tavira
    Tavira Island lies south of the town of Tavira, Portugal, just a few hundred metres off the coast. It is 11 kilometres long and varies between 150 m to 1 km in width. The island has 11 km of the best beaches in the Algarve, including areas where naturism can be legally practised. It is part of the Natural reserve of Ria Formosa. It is also popular among tourists, people that like to swim and bird watchers. Access to the island is by ferry from Quatro Águas, southeast of the city of Tavira, and also by a small floating bridge in the Santa Luzia/Pedras d'El Rei area, followed by a small train trip or by foot in a footpath parallel to the railway line .
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  • 5. Salema Beach Vila Do Bispo
    For the village in India, see Salema, India Salema is a village located near Vila do Bispo in the Algarve, Portugal. Historically it was a fishing village, but it is now a popular tourist destination.
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  • 7. Odeceixe Beach Aljezur
    Odeceixe is a village and civil parish in the northern part of the municipality of Aljezur, in the Portuguese Algarve, lying within the Nature Park of the Southwest Alentejo and Vincentine Coast. The village lies on the south bank of the Ribeira de Seixe, which here forms the border between the Algarve and Alentejo. The population of the parish in 2011 was 961, in an area of 41.91 km².
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  • 8. Arrifana Beach Aljezur
    Arrifana is a small town on the west coast of Algarve, near Aljezur, Portugal. It is well-known for its beach, Praia da Arrifana.
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  • 11. Praia Da Amoreira Aljezur
    Praia da Amoreira is a beach within the Municipality of Aljezur, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is on the western Seaboard in the north west of the Algarve. The beach is 5.4 miles north west of the village of Aljezur, and is 71.8 miles north west, by road, from the regions capital of Faro.
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  • 13. Praia da Senhora da Rocha Porches
    Praia de Nossa Senhora da Rocha is a small fishing community and beach on the Atlantic coast of the civil parish/freguesia of Porches in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa in Portugal. The beach is one of the most rustic ones along the coast and was used as a refuge for small fishing boats in the area. Map coordinates: 38°05′45″N 8°23′10″W The beach is flanked by cliffs. At the west end is a promontory on which is the old Fort and Shrine of Nossa Senhora da Rocha. A tunnel has been excavated through this promontory to link Praia da Senhora da Rocha with Praia Nova on the other side. The fact that the beach/Praia da Senhora da Rocha is protected by cliffs is not only a great advantage for the fishermen, it also offers shelter to tourists when the wind is very strong.
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