Praia de Quiaios

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The Praia de Quiaios, in the background the elevations of the Serra da Boa Viagem
Some of the beach accesses, in the background the town of Quiaios in front of Cabo Mondego

The Praia de Quiaios (dt .: Beach of Quiaios) is a beach above the Cabo Mondego . It belongs to the place of the same name, which is located in the municipality ( Freguesia ) of Quiaios , which belongs to the district ( concelho ) of Figueira da Foz .

It is a wide, light sandy beach that is rarely visited out of season. The beach is also a surfing spot and popular with sport fishermen .

The beach is still hardly known nationwide, but has been developed for tourists. So is u. a. a campsite here, a four-star hotel , and a large number of holiday apartments.

Every year in the summer the international wood rock rock festival takes place here, which is mainly dedicated to stoner rock , doom metal and related varieties of metal and rock music. The eighth edition of the music festival is planned for July 16-18, 2020 . a. the bands Witchcraft from Sweden, Jucifer from the USA and Zaum from Canada.

Web links

Commons : Quiaios  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. www.eurocampings.de , accessed on July 27, 2012
  2. www.tripadvisor.de , accessed on July 27, 2012
  3. Woodrock Festival confirms the first names for its 2020 edition , festival announcement at www.lorezine.com, accessed on January 5, 2020
  4. Overview of the festival line-ups 2014 to 2018 , website of the Woodrock Festival, accessed on January 5, 2020

Coordinates: 40 ° 13 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 29 ″  W.