Praia Grande Beach – Salgados Lagoon loop from Lagoa dos Salgados: área protegida de âmbito nacional

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Praia Grande Beach – Salgados Lagoon loop from Lagoa dos Salgados: área protegida de âmbito nacional

Easy

4.5

(2)

hikers

Praia Grande Beach – Salgados Lagoon loop from Lagoa dos Salgados: área protegida de âmbito nacional

01:42

6.63km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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880 m

Ruins of the Windmill

Highlight • Monument

In addition to the ruins of old windmills, you can see the roundabout where the grain was threshed.

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2.02 km

Praia do Pixarro

Highlight • Beach

very wide beach

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2.14 km

Bench with a View of the Dunes

Highlight • Viewpoint

3.16 km

Praia Grande Beach

Highlight • Beach

At Praia Grande, the sandy beach and dunes stretch for more than 2 km through an open landscape left untouched by man. Two wetlands border the beach: the Sapal de …

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3.65 km

Salgados Lagoon Boardwalk

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful and well-maintained boardwalk along the coast for cycling, but take it easy as walking is also permitted.

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4.16 km

Lagoa dos Salgados Birdwatching Platform

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the parking lot you can reach the bird watching hut via a wide boardwalk. Perfect view of the numerous rest birds on the Lagoa dos Salgados. Unfortunately, the ladder …

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4.23 km

Bike path along the Armacao Algarve coast

Highlight • Cycleway

Well-maintained cycle-walking path over boardwalks

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4.35 km

Salgados Lagoon

Highlight • Lake

The Lagoa dos Salgados near Albufeira contains tangible geological evidence of the devastating tsunami that followed the great earthquake of November 1, 1755.

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6.63 km

End point

Bus stop

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