Algarve Beaches - The Best of Europe

You will find in Algarve, the best beaches of Europe. Algarve is located in the southwest of the European continent, near the North of the African Continent, but already with coast to the Atlantic Ocean. This is why it has warm temperatures and nice weather, almost all days of the year. The Algarve coast is very heterogeneous, which means that you have several alternatives to find the beach you most like.

The coast can be split in several different areas with different characteristics. In the west coast, where you have the Natural Park of "Costa Vicentina", the sea is rougher and the beaches are in the landscape as nature put it there. Because this is a Natural Park, there are only few buildings and the beaches are less crowded. There are very beautiful beaches like Arrifana with a big cliff and a splendid view. If you like calm beaches with few people, surrounded by Nature, this is the place to go.

In the south coast, the beaches have a calmer sea and its temperature higher than the west coast. They are also more crowded because this area is more touristic. In this area you have the touristic center of Algarve, which is Albufeira. You have many beaches of many kinds, with easy access, some small, carved in the rocks and other very long. As an example you have the famous Falesia beach near the top luxury pine cliffs resort. This is the perfect place for you if you like to enjoy a beautiful beach and at the same time to enjoy ancient villages, beautiful hotels or resorts, sport activities, nightlife, etc, because it is all in the same area.

In the southwest coast, in the region of Lagos, you have some of the more beautiful beaches formed in the rocks by nature. The boat trips to the caves formed by the sea are very famous. You must visit this part of the Algarve.

The beaches of the central south coast, betwee
Vilamoura and faro, are long with clear white sand and are part of the Natural Park of "Ria Formosa". These beaches are surrounded by untouched nature and near beautiful resorts like Vale do Lobo and Quinta do Lago. To get access to some of them you may have to walk a bit through the dunes, but it is worth because these are less crowded beaches. If you are the kind of person that likes beaches with wide spaces, in the middle of nature, with few people, near some of the best resorts of Europe, then these are the perfect beaches for your holidays.

Although the Algarve beaches are a very good reason for coming to Algarve, this region has many other reasons for you to have your best holidays ever. The beautiful weather, SPAs, culture, people, countryside, water sports, golf and so many others makes Algarve one of the best places to spend your holidays.