Albufeira Best Beaches | Beach Guide

• Praia do Evaristo

  

  Praia do Evaristo is far enough outside of the resort madness of Albufeira to retain an air of charm and remain civilised even in the summer! Backed by low, sloping ochre cliffs this pleasant sandy beach is dotted...

  Albufeira

  

• Praia dos Salgados

  

  Set around a kilometre east of the resort of Armação de Pêra is the Praia dos Salgados. It is really just one section of a massive crescent of beach that stretches from the resort, halfway to Albufeira.

  Unlike...

  Armação de Pêra

  

• Praia da Falesia

  

  Boasting more than six kilometres of golden sand, stretching from Vilamoura in the west to Olhos do Agua in the east, Praia da Falesia is home to one of the longest...

  Albufeira Vilamoura

  

• Praia da Gale

  

  For those of you who are staying in the somewhat hectic resort of Albufeira, Praia da Gale offers a welcome respite. Located to the west of Albufeira, the beach runs around...

  Armação de Pêra

  

• Praia da Senhora da Rocha

  

  This sheltered little cove is located just to the west of Armação de Pêra. The beach here is very different to those in the resort itself, instead of endless low sand dunes ...

  Armação de Pêra

  

• Praia Nova

  

  Praia Nova is one of the lesser known beaches in the Armação de Pera area. Neighbouring the popular Praia da Senhora da Rocha these two beaches are in fact joined by a tunnel which has been cut through the headland...

  Armação de Pêra

• Praia de Vilamoura

  

  Vilamoura beach is a decent sized strip of golden sand set between the Marina to the west and Quarteira harbour to the east. It is relatively developed although nothing like the scale of Quarteira...

  Vilamoura

  

• Praia de Albandeira

  

  The beach of Praia de Albandeira lies roughly midway between the resorts of Carvoeiro and Armação de Pêra. It is set in a part of the Algarve coast that is home to many little coves and bays etched into the yellow...

  Armação de Pêra

• Praia de Quarteira

  

  Given the long stretch of golden sand that lies in front of Quarteira it is little surprise that the resort was one of the earliest to be developed on the Algarve coast.

  The beach is backed by Quarteira's long...

  Quarteira

  

• Praia da Marinha

  

  Praia da Marinha is the archetypal Algarve cove. Clear turquoise waters lap up against the orange limestone that forms the cliffs and iconic rock formations that have graced the covers of a hundred holiday brochures...

  Carvoeiro

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