Northern Portugal beaches map

On the bank of the River Minho, in the parish of Lovelhe next to the INATEL site, the Lenta river beach has a small…

A rural bathing area on the River Rabaçal near the hamlet of Frades, in the municipality of Vinhais, with a wide lawn…

A rural river beach on the River Tuela by the Soeira bridge, on the EN103 road between Vinhais and Bragança.

A rural sandy beach on the Portuguese bank of the Minho estuary, in Seixas, with transitional water that is calmer and…

A river beach on the River Coura at Vilar de Mouros, next to the village's old bridge and the former watermills…

A white-sand beach about 1.2 km long on the south bank of the Minho river mouth, next to the Spanish border, bounded by…

Praia de Moledo sits at the northern tip of the Portuguese Atlantic coastline, at the mouth of the Minho river, a few…

Vila Praia de Âncora is one of the quietest coastal villages on the Minho coastline — a calm, family-friendly beach in…

A rural white-sand beach, also known as Gelfa beach, with a long stretch of sand bounded by dunes and rocky areas.

An urban beach on the left bank of the River Vez, part of the Arcos de Valdevez riverside leisure and recreation area…

An urban beach on the River Lima in Ponte da Barca, with sand, a wide lawn and woodland on the right bank; a weir…

A natural beach in Afife, on the parish's coastal nature trail and within the Litoral Norte Natura 2000 site.

A semi-natural beach in Afife with about 1 km of soft sand, continuous dune ridges crossed by a long boardwalk, and…

A natural beach in Afife with about 1 km of fine-to-medium, quartz-rich sand backed by a dune system.

A rural beach in Carreço with a wide stretch of sand and a consolidated dune system, in a quiet cove sheltered from…

A beach of about 1 km of fine sand, with a rocky strip between the dunes and the sand, sheltered from strong northerly…

An urban beach in the city of Viana do Castelo, with a narrow strip of sand bordered by the seafront promenade and a…

Foz do Lima beach is on the south bank of the River Lima, in Darque, by the river mouth and facing the town of Viana do…

Praia do Cabedelo sits on the southern bank of the Lima estuary, in Viana do Castelo, accessible by boat from the city…

A semi-natural beach south of the Lima river mouth, with a long stretch of sand backed by the Rodanho dune system, home…

An urban fine-sand beach in Chafé, continuing the long stretch of sand that runs from Rodanho, with a narrow beach and…

A rural beach also known as Pedra Alta, with a narrow strip of sand, an eroding dune system and a series of groynes…

A rural beach with a long stretch of sand on the shore of the Caniçada reservoir, just past the bridge linking Rio…

A rural river beach on the banks of the River Cávado at Verim, surrounded by oak woodland and other native vegetation.

On the right bank of the River Rabaçal at Possacos, about 8 km from Valpaços, this river beach has a long stretch of…

A rural river beach on the River Cávado at Crespos, set in dense woodland, with a lawn and shade in the picnic area.

A river beach on the left bank of the River Cávado, close to the centre of Braga, with sand, a wide lawn and shade…

A rural river beach on the River Cávado at Palmeira, about 10 minutes by car from Braga's historic centre, with a wide…

On the right bank of the River Cávado at Vila de Prado, Faial river beach has a wide lawn with shade trees, a bar…

A beach on the Azibo reservoir, with strips of sand broken up by lawn, rounded pebbles at the water's edge and shaded…

On the Azibo reservoir, inside the Albufeira do Azibo Protected Landscape, the Fraga da Pegada river beach mixes strips…

A very rural beach with a wide lawn on the reservoir formed by the Ermal dam on the River Ave, at Guilhofrei.

Belinho beach is a very long beach in the north of Esposende municipality, between São Bartolomeu do Mar and the mouth…

São Bartolomeu do Mar beach, in the parish of Mar, north of Rio de Moinhos beach, is a long beach set in a dune system…

A rural beach in Marinhas, very exposed and heavily eroded, with sand interspersed with numerous rocky outcrops and…

Cepães beach, in Marinhas, has its upper sand nestled between dunes, with rocky outcrops and plenty of pebbles left by…

Praia de Esposende sits at the mouth of the Cávado river, where the estuary creates a transitional zone between river…

Praia de Ofir sits on the northern bank of the mouth of the Cávado river, in Esposende, with high dunes, pine-covered…

Praia de Apúlia, in Esposende, is known for its rock formations that emerge from the sand at low tide, creating an…

A rural beach at the southern tip of the Esposende municipality, south of Apúlia, beside the Ramalha stream, which…

A rural river beach on the right bank of the River Tuela by the village of Quintas, in the parish of Vale de Gouvinhas.

A rural river beach on the right bank of the River Tuela, at Vale Juncal in the parish of Cabanelas, Mirandela…

A rural river beach on the left bank of the River Tua at Maravilha, next to the Três Rios campsite on the outskirts of…

An urban river beach on the right bank of the River Tua in Parque Dr.

A rural river beach on the banks of the Ribeira de Moimenta at Cavez, about 100 metres from where the stream flows into…

A beach on the reservoir of the Queimadela dam, fed by the River Vizela, in Fafe municipality, set in rural countryside…

A rural beach in the parish of Estela, in the north of the Póvoa de Varzim municipality, with a long stretch of sand…

A long stretch of sand with dunes on the Aguçadoura coast, taking in the Pedras Negras and Paimó beach fronts; the same…

A beach of fine to medium sand with several rocky outcrops, south of Cape Santo André, in A Ver-o-Mar.

The urban seafront of Póvoa de Varzim, a seaside resort that has been popular since the 19th century, with a long…

Praia das Caxinas is in Vila do Conde, associated with the fishing community that gives it its name — one of the most…

A sandy beach on a long stretch of sand between Azurara and Mindelo, set among dunes and pine woods, with a campsite…

A semi-urban beach with rocky outcrops, just south of the Mindelo Ornithological Reserve, created in 1957 to protect…

The beach of Vila Chã, the only parish in Vila do Conde that still has a fishing industry; fishing boats are a common…

A rural beach with a long stretch of sand bounded by rocky outcrops and a consolidated line of dunes, surrounded by…

A sandy beach south of the Angeiras breakwater, in a place that keeps the feel of a fishing village, with colourful…

Officially Praia das Pedras do Funtão, Funtão beach is in Lavra, between Angeiras and Pedras Brancas.

A non-urban beach in the parish of Lavra, between Angeiras and Agudela, with a long stretch of sand and extensive dunes…

Pedras do Corgo, in Lavra, is a broad stretch of white sand between Agudela and Pedras Brancas beaches, separated from…

A long stretch of white sand with rocky outcrops at the water's edge and a dune ridge crossed by wooden boardwalks.

Quebrada is a small cove of coarse sand on Avenida Marginal da Agudela, in Lavra, between Agudela and Marreco beaches…

Marreco beach lies between Agudela and Perafita and forms a small sheltered bay, with coarse sand and rocks along the…

According to Matosinhos Council, this is where Dom Pedro landed in 1832 with some 7,500 men, an event marked by the…

Cabo do Mundo beach, in Perafita, is a long stretch of white sand with a band of rocks between the sand and the sea…

Also known as Praia da Refinaria, it combines sand with many rocky outcrops and is popular for surfing and bodyboarding.

Praia Azul, also known as Conchinha, is a small cove in Leça da Palmeira ringed by shell-shaped rocks, on Avenida da…

Boa Nova is a small rocky beach in Leça da Palmeira, with little sand among rock outcrops, used mostly by people who…

In Leça da Palmeira, by Avenida da Liberdade, Fuzelhas beach forms a small bay between two clusters of rocks, the…

Praia de Leça da Palmeira is in the Matosinhos municipality, north of Porto, also known for the Piscinas das Marés…

Praia de Matosinhos is the most accessible beach from Porto — an urban, generously sized sandy beach with a direct…

Castelo do Queijo beach sits at the northern end of Porto's seafront, beside the São Francisco Xavier fort, known as…

Praia do Aquário is on the Nevogilde seafront in Porto, just north of Homem do Leme beach and south of Castelo do…

An urban sandy beach on Porto's seafront near Foz, dotted with rocky outcrops more than 570 million years old.

On Avenida do Brasil in Foz, the Gondarém bathing water covers two beaches: Gondarém, a narrow 115-metre tongue of sand…

Praia da Luz is one of the small beaches of Foz do Douro, in Porto, between Gondarém and Ingleses beaches: sand among…

Praia dos Ingleses is a small beach of sand and rocks on the Foz do Douro seafront in Porto, between Luz and Ourigo…

In Foz do Douro, this bathing water runs along the seafront promenade and covers Luz, Ingleses, Ourigo, Carneiro and…

Praia do Carneiro is a small sandy beach with rocks beside the São João da Foz fortress, at the mouth of the Douro in…

Cabedelo do Douro is the sand spit on the south bank of the Douro mouth, in Canidelo (Gaia), facing Foz in Porto and…

The closest beach to the city of Gaia, in Canidelo, is lined by a seafront avenue and marked by outcrops of Lavadores…

An urban beach in Canidelo, on Avenida Beira-Mar, with a sizeable stretch of sand broken by rock formations at the…

A Canidelo beach that forms part of Gaia's long continuous stretch of sand and is split into Canide Norte and Canide…

Canide Sul is a small urban sandy beach in Canidelo, Vila Nova de Gaia, bounded to the north by a breakwater that…

An urban beach in Madalena, by Rua 25 de Abril, with a very long stretch of sand in a shallow bay.

An urban sandy beach in Madalena, split into Madalena Norte, with a long stretch of sand, and the smaller Madalena Sul…

An urban beach with a long stretch of sand, bordered by a dune ridge.

An urban sandy beach in Francelos with a wide dune system.

An urban beach in Gulpilhares, with a long, flat stretch of sand backed by dunes.

An urban beach in Gulpilhares, on Rua de Henrique Galvão, with a long stretch of sand, some rocky outcrops and an…

An urban beach in Gulpilhares with a long stretch of sand and rocks, defined by the Senhor da Pedra chapel, built in…

A long sandy beach just south of Praia do Senhor da Pedra, whose small hexagonal chapel on the rocks stands a few…

Also known as Praia de Mira, Mar e Sol beach is in Arcozelo, by Avenida Gomes Guerra, between Miramar to the north and…

A sandy beach in Arcozelo, between Miramar and Granja, which began as a small fishing village and grew after the…

Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries Granja was a fashionable seaside resort, frequented by the royal family…

A very long sandy beach running from the end of the cycle path in the north to the mouth of the Ribeira do Prego in the…

A river beach on the right bank of the Douro, on the reservoir of the Saucelle dam by the Spanish border, within the…

A river beach on the Douro in Marco de Canaveses municipality, at a spot once used as a landing stage by rabelo boats.

A rural river beach on the Douro in the parish of Lomba, Gondomar, with a long stretch of sand surrounded by trees.

Praia da Seca is the urban beach at the northern end of Espinho, beside the Solário Atlântico pool, in a traffic-free…

Praia de Espinho is the beach of one of the most emblematic seaside towns on the northern coast — a city built on sand…

Praia da Rua 37 is on Espinho's urban seafront, south of Baía beach, with pale sand and a boardwalk with a cycle lane…

Also known as Pau da Manobra, it has a long stretch of sand and a large dune area at the southern end of Espinho's…

A rural beach with a wide stretch of sand and a large dune area, bounded by two groynes and divided by a jetty that…

A river beach on both banks of the River Ul, a tributary of the Antuã, at Milheirós de Poiares in Santa Maria da Feira…

A river beach on the banks of the River Távora, a tributary of the Douro, at Vila da Ponte in Sernancelhe municipality…

Praia de Esmoriz sits at the northern edge of the Ovar municipality, on a flat, extensive coastline that marks the…

An open-sea beach with a long stretch of sand, flanked by dunes and pine forest, which also takes in the section by the…

Santa Marinha, or Cortegaça Sul, is a natural beach of fine sand about 800 metres south of Cortegaça beach (by the…

An open-sea beach away from built-up areas, part of a sensitive natural system of high dunes and the pine forest of the…

Praia do Furadouro is the beach of Ovar — a town with a fishing heritage that coexists with the seasonal beach tourism…

Furadouro Sul is a natural beach of fine sand about 400 metres from the southern edge of Furadouro, in Ovar, with…

A bathing area on the reservoir of the Vilar dam on the River Távora, with sand and woodland around it.

A rural river beach on the River Paiva near Segões, the most remote village in Moimenta da Beira municipality, though…

A river beach on the River Caima in the village of Paço de Mato, parish of Rôge, on the way up to the Serra da Freita…

A river beach on the River Caima at São Pedro de Castelões, five minutes from the centre of Vale de Cambra, with a lawn…

A river beach on the River Arões, also known as the Amarela, in the village of Pontemieiro, parish of Junqueira, at the…