Beaches Loulé
Image gallery of the beaches in the municipality of Loulé on the coast of the Golden Triangle of the Algarve, awarded by the FEE with a Blue Flag
Quinta do Lago: Bridge
The wooden bridge over the lagoon of the Ria Formosa to the beach Praia da Quinta do Lago is one of the area's landmarks.
Quinta do Lago Beach
Wooden bridge leading to the dunes and the beach of Quinta do Lago. The beach "Praia da Quinta do Lago", awarded the Blue Flag by the FEE, invites you to take an endless walk or a swim in the azure waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Praia da Quinta do Lago: Gigi
Gigi's is one of the Algarve's best known beach restaurants, famous for its fish and seafood. It can be found behind the dunes of Quinta do Lago beach on the Ilha de Faro.
Praia da Quinta do Lago
View to eastern direction from the Quinta do Lago beach in the pre-season, stetching until the outskirts of Faro.
Restaurant Dos Passos
Restaurant Dos Passos
View to the Ancao beach
Praia do Ancão Empty beach
View to the East from Ancão beach.
Praia do Anção Empty beach 2
View to the western part of the Anção beach with its sunshades and sunbeds.
Praia do Garrão Nascente
Praia do Garrão Nascente
Praia do Garrão Poente
The restaurant Maria's is one of the best known places for wining and dining on this part of the Algarvian coast.
Praia do Garrão Poente
Vale do Lobo
View to the spectacular sandstone cliffs and the golf course of Vale do Lobo.
Praia de Vale do Lobo
View to the large managed area of the Vale do Lobo beach
Praia de Vale do Lobo
The great service offering also special massage treatments
Praia de Vale do Lobo
The Ocean Course, one of the two world famous golf courses of Vale do Lobo, reaches to the western part of the beach
Praia do Loulé Velho
The beach is protected by sandstone cliffs covered with pine trees. View to western direction - in the background you can see the beach of Almargem and the town of Quarteira.
Praia do Loulé Velho
Year by year rain and the tidal waves are reshaping the sandstone cliffs.
Praia do Loulé Velho
The beach stretchjes against the backdrop of sandstone cliffs lined by erosion.
Praia do Loulé Velho: Temperus
The modern beach restaurant has replaced the former simple but typical beach bar.
Quarteira: Lagoon of Almargem
The lagoon is seperated from the Atlantic Ocean only by a belt of sand - the beaches of Amargem and Lagoa. On the right side you can see the popular beach bar and restaurant BJ's Oceanside.
Quarteira: Praia do Almargem
The popular beach restaurant BJ's Oceanside has maintained is specific ambiance. Life music every sunday at lunch time.
Quarteira: Praia do Almargem
At th end of the winter the beach is cleaned and prepared for the summer season.
Praia do Forte Novo
The beach stretches from the end of the promenade in Quarteira to the sandstone cliffs of the Almargem beach.
Quarteira: Praia do Almargem
The beach stretches from the lagoon of Almargem to western direction until the beach of Forte Nova and the outskirts of Quarteira. In the background you can see the hotel and apartments complexes of Quarteira and Vilamoura.
Praia do Forte Novo
Even in the high season there is plenty of space on this beach east of Quarteira.
Quarteira: Praia do Forte Novo
View from the cliffs of the beach of Almargem to western direction to the beach Forte Novo. In the background you can see the apartment complexes of Quarteira.
Praia do Forte Novo
Beach and garden restaurant
Quarteira: Beach promenade
The Av. Infante de Sagres promenade stretches several miles along the pretty beach, from the harbour in the west to Vale do Lobo in the east. The western part is dominated by shops, bars and restaurants and is very busy during the summer seas
Quarteira: Statue
We found this artful statue at the Avenida Marginal de Quarteira promenade, looking towards the sea. The blue tones from the sea and the sunlight create fascinating impressions.
Quarteira: Triathlon 2015
Quarteira: Triathlon 2015
The beach of Quarteira is the venue for the Quarteira Triathlon, the first event of the Triathlon European Cup on the annual calendar of the ETU.
Vilamoura: Praia de Vilamoura
The beach restaurant is located near the hotels and the marina. In front of the beach you can rent a bike.
Praia de Vilamoura
View from the terrace of the beach restaurant towards the main beach of Vilamoura.
Praia de Vilamoura
One of the beach restaurants.
Vilamoura: Praia de Vilamoura
The long sandy beach stretches from the marina in Vilamoura until the fishing port in Quarteira. 37.071602, -8.116614
Vilamoura: Praia da Rocha Baixinha-Nascente
The flat sandy beach is located west of the marina of Vilamoura and the estuary mouth of the Ribeira de Quarteira.
Vilamoura: Ribeira de Quarteira
The creek, fed by the creeks of Alte and Algibre in the Serra do Caldeirão, crosses the plain west of Vilamoura and flows into the Atlantic Ocean near the marina. The bridge in the background gives access to the beach of Rocha Baixinha from the car parking area.
Vilamoura: Praia da Rocha Baixinha
View from the cliffs of the neighbouring beach Praia da Rocha Baixinha-Poente to eastern direction over the beach towards Vilamoura.
Praia da Rocha Baixinha-Nascente
One of several beach restaurants
Vilamoura: Praia da Rocha Baixinha-Nascente
This part of the beach is accessible by wheel chairs for handicapped people.
Vilamoura: Praia da Rocha-Baixinha
Praia da Rocha Baixinha-Poente
View from the cliffs to western direction. In the background you can the silhouette of Albufeira.
Praia da Rocha Baixinha-Poente
View to western direction where you can see the silhouette of Albufeira.