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Amado Beach
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Debbie A
Berwick on Tweed, null, United Kingdom23 contributions
Beautiful beach 🏖️ and great burger 🍔
Oct 2023 • Couples
Beautiful beach, loads of parking, surf school/hire, great waves, great little snack place with lots of seating in and out of sun. Amazing “special one” burger, good menu and very good prices. Chilled atmosphere, stunning views
Written 5 October 2023
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Sherry
17 contributions
Beautiful Natural Beach
Oct 2022 • Solo
Beautiful beach worth driving/biking to. Hiked up to restauarant just to the north to see the beach from the Cliffside and enjoyed a stunning sunset.
Written 21 October 2022
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Michael T
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Perfect escape from two beginning surfers. Waves were less than 1m but it did not matter. Constant breeze keeps it cool
Jul 2022 • Friends
Scenic and wide beach with huge drawings in low tide to really open up the entire Oceanside to walking and sports. Surfing is perfect for beginners. Reminds me of hiidden surf spots in Southern California during the 80s. Dogs running everywhere made it feel very friendly. Highly recommend as an alternative to congested beaches.
Written 9 July 2022
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3waytieforlast
Portland, OR418 contributions
ticks all the boxes for a memorable day at the beach....
May 2022
somewhat remote, large, wide-open beach; relentless, dramatic surf; ample parking; restaurants; surfing instruction coaches....
Written 22 May 2022
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Chris B
Lancaster, UK17 contributions
Not to be missed
Oct 2021 • Couples
This is a stunningly beautiful beach....on a coastline where there are any number of great beaches....access is via steepish but short path or wooden steps....the multicoloured cliffs are what makes it so picturesque.....there's a couple of surfschools there.....which tell you that sea swimming without some bouyant device would be dodgy....when we were there even surfers did not go beyond the outer waves....in season there's some beach cafes which are ok for snacks & the usual beverages....but the big car park implies that it probably gets pretty busy in the summer....
Written 29 October 2021
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Parkgatan
Ireland139 contributions
A lovely beach for a brisk walk in January
Jan 2020 • Couples
We always love to visit this beach. We are normally here January, February or March when there are very few people around. The beach is popular with surfers so there are a numbers of campers around and we can admire the surfers riding the fairly substantial waves.

A round trip walk the length of the beach provides good exercise for the legs as the sand is very soft. Beware of the tide as it comes in quite far at different points.
Written 26 January 2020
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JustynaAnnaGmiterek
Ashbourne, UK43 contributions
Absolutely stunning
Oct 2019 • Couples
In Autumn it's quite deserted, no crowds. Very pleasant sand and lovely bar with gorgeous views. Must visit.
Written 3 October 2019
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Phil25
Hampshire, UK531 contributions
Nice beach but busy with surfers
Aug 2019
Having been along the sourthern coast up to now we fancied a trip to a western coast beach and this was the closest one.
It is not too far along a reasonable track from the road and there is a large car park but even this was struggling for space.
This was the only day out of 11 that it was not full sunshine - not sure if it was just being on the west coast but it was partly cloudy with a good breeze - made a bit of a change! The waves were also the biggest we wad seen in the Algarve.
In spite of this (and it being a large beach) it was very busy, particularly at the start and with surfers. However further down it was quieter with some good sand dunes and a scramble up to the cliff with some good views.
Worth a visit but not our favourite!
Written 1 September 2019
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Mikej23
30 contributions
Busy but nice beach
Aug 2019 • Family
This is predominantly a surfing school beach.Parking can be a bit tricky.It was good for surfing and you can hire wetsuits(€10) and surfboards(€25) for the day.As all beaches on the Algarve it is beautiful and easy to find.
Written 1 September 2019
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BrightonShredhead
Brighton711 contributions
Shame
Aug 2019 • Family
Spectacular beach but now spoiled by too many people, surf schools and bars. It's been destroyed by its popularity- the beach version of the tragedy of the commons.
Written 21 August 2019
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