Praia de Albandeira

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Beach

The Praia de Albandeira is a sandy beach in the Portuguese town of Lagoa ( Algarve ).

location

To the southeast of the outskirts of Lagoa, it borders on Praia do Barranquinho , to the east on Praia da Estaquinha and is one of the small bays surrounded by rocks, which like the Praria Grande between the coastal town of Albufeira and the fishing village of Ferragudo, located at the mouth of the Arade , offer a bathing opportunity be used. The beach, divided by a rocky outcrop, can be reached on foot through stone steps at low tide and the side bay through the rock tunnel to the west.

Hiking destinations (selection)

The Praia da Marinha and the Praia da Senhora da Rocha can be reached as hiking destinations above steep walls due to their distances of around two and three kilometers and thus make it possible to visit the Fort Nossa Senhora da Rocha (Porches), which with the chapel on the order of John III . was built in the 16th century.

use

Because of the strong waves , the beach is often used for surfing .

Individual evidence

  1. AlgarveLive ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.algarve-live.de
  2. Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmeier, Ulli Langenbrinck: Algarve: 12 highlights. Current internet links, p. 64 [1]

literature

  • Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmeier, Ulli Langenbrinck: Algarve - 12 Highlights , DuMont monte Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2008, 119 pp., 64 ISBN 3770164016
  • Discover and experience the Algarve , Mairs Geographischer Verlag, 1997, 191 pp. 10, 17 ISBN 3895254967
  • Ulrich Enzel: Algarve - The most beautiful valley and cave hikes , Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Munich, 2004, 158 p., P. 57 ISBN 3763342761

Web links

Coordinates: 37 ° 5 ′ 29.3 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 1.1"  W.