Parques de Portugal

Amado’s Beach – Geology and surf

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Beach with few people and excellent for surfing. Vegetation with communities of the coastal dune system. Cliffs with eruptive rocks in the middle of carbonic layers and beautiful yellow and red sandstones of continental origin, also known as Silves sandstone, about 210 million years old (these can be seen just to the right when you get to the beach).

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  • Beach with few people and excellent for surfing. Vegetation with communities of the coastal dune system. Cliffs with eruptive rocks in the middle of carbonic layers and beautiful yellow and red sandstones of continental origin, also known as Silves sandstone, about 210 million years old (these can be seen just to the right when you get to the beach).

  • Algarve

  • Vila do Bispo

  • Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina Nature Park

  • Yes

  • Access from:

    - Vila do Bispo (south) ou Aljezur (north) – N268 to Carrapateira. If you’re coming from south, before Carrapateira village take the access to Amado beach. 

  • PTZPE0015 Costa Sudoeste and PTCON0012 Costa Sudoeste

  • Natura 2000 Network:

    - PTZPE0015 Costa Sudoeste; and

    - PTCON0012 Costa Sudoeste.

  • Touristic

  • Isolated.

  • Public

  • Nearby is Pontal da Carrapateira path, part of Rota Vicentina.

Contacts

Praia da Carrapateira

8670-230 BORDEIRA