This cliffside town offers truly stunning, scenic areas and hidden beaches that have Blue Flag certification. Plus, it's a great escape from the Lisbon crowds.

There are also 47 accessible beaches. It has been a good year for the region with Albufeira’s stunning Praia da Falésia hailed the best beach in the world in the 2024 edition of Tripadvisor’s ...

Coastal relief: The Algarve coast is characterised by a series of beaches, coves and cliffs. Bays and coves can help retain the heat of the water, keeping it at higher temperatures than in the ...

Straight shot or no, the sunny Algarve offers many enticing reasons to visit and few to leave. Its beaches—stretching along the southern coast of Portugal roughly from Sagres to the border with ...

Straight shot or no, the sunny Algarve offers many enticing reasons to visit and few to leave. Its beaches—stretching along the southern coast of Portugal roughly from Sagres to the border with ...

There are strong ocean currents there. "It's a great area, but you have to be careful with small children on these beaches," says Christophe Rijnders, owner of the small Hotel Casa Bela Moura in ...

Straight shot or no, the sunny Algarve offers many enticing reasons to visit and few to leave. Its beaches—stretching along the southern coast of Portugal roughly from Sagres to the border with ...

There are an estimated 300,000 beaches worldwide, of which about 22,000 are in Europe, and 1,500 in the UK.