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  1. Praia da Comporta
Place: Grândola
Photo: Turismo do Alentejo - CM Grândola
    Beaches
    Praia da Comporta
    Located on the southern tip of the Tróia Peninsula, the huge sandy extent of Comporta Beach is a regular summer favourite, given good means of access and plenty of parking space. Forming part of the Sado Estuary Nature Reserve, Comporta Beach has (...)

  2. Praia de Santa Cruz
    Beaches
    Praia de Santa Cruz
    Santa Cruz covers an extended stretch of sand that is divided up into various beaches named after the respective cafes with the Beaches of Navio, Mirante, Pisão, Física, Centro, Santa Helena, Formosa and Azul. The purity of both the waters and (...)

  3. Praia de Carcavelos
    Beaches
    Praia de Carcavelos
    With the São Julião da Barra Fort dominating at one end, Carcavelos Beach is the largest expanse of sand on the Estoril coast and regularly hosts beach volleyball and football competitions.Given its proximity to Lisbon and easy means of access, (...)

  4. Praia de Mira
    Beaches
    Praia de Mira
    Known as the Palheiros (Huts) of Mira due to the wooden constructions used by the fishermen, throughout the first half of the 20th century Mira Beach was a fishing village with its daily life well depicted in the Ethnographic Museum exhibition to be (...)

  5. Praia das Maçãs
    Beaches
    Praia das Maçãs
    According to tradition, this Beach takes its origin from the maçãs (apples) that would wash up on its sands, carried down to the coast by the Ribeira de Colares river. Popular in the summer, the Beach covers a substantial area with space for a range (...)

  6. Praia da Nazaré
    Beaches
    Praia da Nazaré
    Unquestionably, one of the most popular resorts in this region, Nazaré is one of the most traditional of fishing villages where women still opt to follow custom and don the seven skirts regional dress as they care for the fish salt drying on wooden (...)

  7. Praia da Costa Nova
Place: Ílhavo
Photo: Shutterstock_CN_Lukasz Janyst
    Beaches
    Praia da Costa Nova
    The most picturesque aspect of Costa Nova is its coast road along which a line of wooden huts is painted in brightly coloured stripes alternating with white. Built by fishermen as shelters and equipment stores, the huts have now been converted into (...)

  8. Praia da Barra
    Beaches
    Praia da Barra
    Located by the pontoon that marks the beginning of the Port of Aveiro and the end of the estuary, Barra Beach is both spacious and has good conditions for a range of sports including surfing, bodyboarding, kite-surfing, sailing and sea fishing. Very (...)

  9. Praia da Tocha
Place: Cantanhede
Photo: ABAE
    Beaches
    Praia da Tocha
    In the second half of the 20th century, the small fishing village of Tocha became a sought after resort without ever losing its original identity. Out on its sands, there are still examples of the traditional wooden stilt platforms built by (...)

  10. Praia da Foz do Arelho
    Beaches
    Praia da Foz do Arelho - Mar e Lagoa
    On the confluence between the Óbidos Lagoon and the sea, Foz do Arelho Beach throws up the choice between two very different types of beach. On the one side the Lagoon, a place of great natural beauty with its banks covered in thick vegetation and (...)

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