Sunday 26 July 2015

Beguiling Beach Towns of Portugal




 
Viana De Castelo; Picture courtesy - cloudfront.net

With more than 800km of coastline, Portugal can captivate your soul with its spellbinding beaches.  By and large an extensive part of Portugal's edge is shaped by its long Atlantic shoreline, and there's a shoreline for each taste – from quiet moon-shaped inlets to unpleasant shores hit by swooshing surf; from kilometers of verging on untouched sand to assembling shorelines where travelers pack in like sardine.

Lagos

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 Lagos, Picture courtesy - hostelrocket.com 

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Lagos brims with life. An exuberant, sunny town, its charming cobbled lanes overflow with bistros, eateries and bars. It's a magnet for explorers and surf men, who swing between its clubs and contiguous lofty shorelines and striking coastline coves. Lagos furthermore has a notable clout, having dispatched numerous ocean operations in the midst of Portugal's Age of Discoveries

Vila Nova De Milfontes

 Vila Nova De Milfontes; Picture courtesy - greenwayrooms.pt 

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Arguably the most beguiling town on this ethereal coastal stretch, Vila Nova de Milfontes has an enrapturing, whitewashed town center, adjacent sparkling shorelines and a laid-back population who can't even imagine living at a more superior place. Milfontes stays largely more casual than most resort towns, other than in August when it’s full to the brim with surfers and sun-seekers (up to 50,000 people around the neighborhood). It's set in the midst of the stunning Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina which is still a port near to a perfect, sand-edged limb of estuary.

Zambujeira Do Mar

 Zambujeira Do Mar; Picture courtesy - rosadosventoszambujeira.com 

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 Festa do Sudoeste; Picture courtesy - casasbrancas.pt


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Enchantingly wild shorelines maintained by soaring cliffs form the backdrop of this lazy sea side town. The central street ends at the cliff; courses lead to the appealing sands underneath. Calmer than Vila Nova, Zambujeira attracts climbers, surfy swarms, however in August the town becomes a socio-cultural centre  and hosts the enormous music fest, Festa do Sudoeste. The high-season crowds overshadow Zambujeira's out-of-season charms: fresh fish in family run eateries, raving cliff top walks and a sensuous, vacant coast.

Viana do Castelo

 Viana De Castelo; Picture courtesy - staticflickr.com

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The priceless jewel of the Costa Verde, Viana do Castelo is bestowed with both an awe-inspiring medieval town and delightful shorelines, just outside the city. The old quarters showcase verdant, nineteenth century roads and tight ways stuffed with Manueline bequests and lavish châteaux. The town's setting just by the Rio Lima estuary suggests that Viana do Castelo is only a short hop from some splendid shorelines, besides it makes it a helpful base for traversing the lower Lima valley, and the nearby by Serra d'Arga mountain

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