Beach holidays in Portugal can be a revelation even for those tourists who have seen many exotic places. Virtually the whole life of the Portuguese, including art, cuisine, music, fairy tales, is somehow connected with the spirit of the sea, which is not surprising, given the history and traditions of the country.

Beaches of Portugal

The total length of the Portuguese beaches is 1,800 km, there are sandy, pebbly, and stony beaches.

Most of the beaches in Portugal are equipped with umbrellas and comfortable sun loungers, some of them are marked by the prestigious Blue Flag, but there are many wild beaches in the country that amateurs like to stay alone with nature.

It is believed that the most suitable beaches for comfortable rest are located in the Algarve. This region is famous for its amazing combination of beautiful lemon-colored beaches, quaint rocks and sea water of indigo color. The most beautiful beach in the Algarve is Praia de Rocha.

Beach holidays in Portugal can be a revelation even for those tourists who have seen many exotic places.

Beautiful beach holidays will be presented by the resorts of the Lisbon Riviera .Here are concentrated the most fashionable hotels, exquisite restaurants with a wide range of seafood dishes and, of course, the amazing beauty of the beaches .The most famous beach in these places is Ginshu: not only is the nature amazing here, but also the conditions for surfing are just perfect..For those who like to swim with scuba-diving, the beaches of the Azores are perfectly suitable .These places conquered a lot of tourists with their underwater riches and lush vegetation, and if you add to this the opportunity to see dolphins or whales and even communicate with them, it becomes clear why the Azores are so popular..

Feature of the beaches of Madeira is that the local sand of golden color is not of local origin, but delivered from Morocco.

Because of the natural features, most Madeira beaches (many of them covered with basalt stones) were equipped with concrete platforms or covered with imported sand.
Equipped beach in Quarteira Beach holidays in Portugal
Beach Praia da Rocha, Algarve, Portugalhttp: //drive.google.com/uc? export = view & id = 1y8e0I6Ro6YlBPyz-hS-5y2DJkEsSdgFu Beach holidays in Portugal
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A small discomfort is more than offset by the purest, like a tear, water and beauty of coastal rocks. By the way, there are sandy beaches on Madeira. In the town of Kanisal there is an unusual beach with volcanic black sand, which looks very exotic in combination with the surrounding rocks of ocher color. No less surprising is the beach in the Porto da Cruz area with sand of black color against a white pebble.

When to go

The best time for a beach holiday in Portugal is from early June to early October. At this time in Portuguese resorts there is almost no rain, and the average air temperature in the daytime is +25 ... +27 ° C. However, some regions of the country all year round please the lovers of beach holidays with warmth and sun, for example, in the Algarve province, even in winter, the mercury column rises to +18 ... +22 ° C, and the water maintains a comfortable temperature of +19 ... +22 ° C.

What else to do in Portugal?

Tours in Portugal involve much more than just a beach holiday. In the Algarve, for example, there is a large number of tennis courts, golf courses, as well as several water parks and, of course, many priceless monuments of history and architecture. Rest in Madeira can be combined with walking tours along unique Levados (man-made canals), and the Lisbon Riviera will present acquaintance with royal palaces, monasteries and picturesque old towns.