Lagos Beaches - Portugal 4k
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Location: in southern Portugal’s Algarve region, 300 km from Lisbon, 91 km from Faro.
Lagos is a town in southern Portugal's Algarve region. It’s known for its walled old town, cliffs and Atlantic beaches. Steep wooden steps lead to the sandy cove of Praia do Camilo. The nearby cliffs of Ponta de Piedade offer sweeping headland views and a lighthouse. Santo António’s Church, an ornate 18th-century church, sits across from the Castle of the Governadores, a castle with a baroque facade and watchtowers.
Ponta da Piedade
Near the almost centenary lighthouse, a long stairway leads to the sea, where some seafarers receive passengers on their boats who wish to discover the caves and sculptures carved by the sea in the rocky mass of the Miocene: “the scale”, “the kitchen”, “ the giant” or “the shoe” are examples of the incessant work of the sea interpreted by the imagination of local people.
Praia do Camilo
It is a small beach between cliffs, with interesting rock formations and whose shape resembles a shell. Its waters are clear and calm, it is a guarded beach with good bathing conditions. Arriving at the viewpoint, on the Ponta da Piedade road, access to the beach is via a long and renovated staircase.
It has beach support and surveillance.
Praia Dona Ana
Set between rocky cliffs, this beach of clean sand and blue and green water, has a beautiful landscape. Access to the beach is via a staircase.
It has beach support and surveillance.
Praia dos Estudantes
Each of the beaches in Lagos has a slightly different vibe but Praia dos Estudantes with its archway and caves is arguably one of the best and worth seeing.
Meia-Praia
This beach, which runs along the curve of the bay, over an extension of more than four kilometers, to the Rio de Alvor, is separated from the gently sloping terrain that surrounds it like an amphitheater, by a dune cord of outstanding beauty.
The quality of the fine golden sand is only matched by the transparent waters that bathe this magnificent stretch of coast. There you can catch condelipas (conquillas in the rest of the country) at low tide while children play in the temporary basins shaped by the sea next to the waterline. From there, you can admire the large and small sailboats sailing to and fro, animating the bay with their white sails cut into the blues of the sky and sea. It has beach support and surveillance.
