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Praia Grande (Big Beach) is a beach situated in the civil parish of Ferragudo, municipality of Lagoa, the Portuguese Algarve. One of many beaches to obtain the name Praia Grande , this coastal zone is located on the eastern back of Rio Arade estuary , south of the town of Ferragudo. [ 1 ]
Ferragudo is a Portuguese civil parish at the western border of the municipality of Lagoa.The population in 2011 was 1,973, [1] in an area of 5.41 km 2. [2] Ferragudo serves mainly as a bedroom community for its much larger neighbour, the city of Portimão; its residents routinely travel across the Arade River to work in the neighboring municipality.
[1] [4] Situated in a dominant position at the mouth of the Arade River, the elevated site divides two beaches: the Praia da Angrinha and the Praia Grande. Together with the Fort of Santa Catarina , on the water front of Portimão , the fort guards the estuary and mouth of the river.
Praia da Adiça [ae] Costa da Caparica [486] [485] Praia da Afurada, Ferragudo [485] Praia da Barreta Faro Algarve [487] Praia da Bela Vista near Lisbon [488] Praia da Bordeira in Carrapateira (full nudity is acceptable beyond the popular area) Praia das Furnas, Odemira [485] Praia das Pedras Negras in Marinha Grande, Leiria [489]
Looking down the coast of Praia de Apúlia with one of historic windmills The shallow coast of the Praia de Ofir The clear waters on the coastal bar of Praia de Cabedelo/Luzia Mar A vista to the protective fort along the Praia de Modelo in Caminha The dunes of the beach of Póvoa do Varzim
Praia da Angrinha (English: Angrinha Beach) is situated along the wide estuary of the Arade River, south of Ferragudo, in Lagoa Municipality, Portugal. Map location: 37°07′12″N 8°31′20″W / 37.12000°N 8.52222°W / 37.12000; -8
Benagil village with its beach. Benagil is a small Portuguese village on the Atlantic coast in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, in Portugal. [1]Above view of Benagil Cave. Up to the late 20th century, the village's economy was based on ocean fishing, but it developed into a tourist area with a widely used beach, Praia de Benagil. [1]
The mouth of the river empties into the Atlantic Ocean between the city of Portimão and the freguesia of Ferragudo, in Lagoa Municipality. Mouth of the Arade from Portimão From the time of the Moors until the 19th century, the Arade was navigable up to as far as Silves [ 2 ] about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), where an important port used to exist ...