A beach with a rather wide stretch of sand where the Ria Formosa begins. Located by a luxury tourism village, the sand is very clean, the water of good quality and there are several backup equipments. One may practise several nautical sports or simply rent a parasol for resting in the shade. There are fine restaurants and night animation in the area.

Big areal divided by Spurs, very crowded in the summer, especially for national tourists. The urban area is unorganized and little appealing presentation. The beach is divided into several concessions, divided by breakwaters. There are several restaurants along the marginal with high prices.

Located in the tourist complex Golden dunes, this beach has excellent conditions for the beach or for non-motorized water sports. The access is by a wooden boardwalk flanked by dunes. Next to the beach is the pond of Golden dunes that deserves a visit.

This is probably the most "in" beach in the Algarve. Located by a luxury resort with the same name, ut has a wide stretch of sand, always clean, and fine quality water. It has all the necessary backup structures: parasol rentals, chaises longues, watchmen, a beach bar and equipments for nautical sports.

Quite a lovely beach surrounded by luxury resorts, with nice sand and fine water. It has good infrastructures and conditions for practising several sports. Is is very sought after by nudists. It has quality restaurants with high prices.

A beach with a wide stretch of sand and calm water. There is a small restaurant with accessible prices.

A beach whose accesses are difficult, hence one should use 4 x 4 to get there. It is a calm place with calm water.

A beach with a wide stretch of sand, quite attended and surrounded by vegetation. Unfortunately, the cliffs are degraded by the continuous passing of motorized vehicles.

A rather attended beach, located on the western part of Quarteira. There is a small backup bar by the boardwalk.

One of the most attended beaches in the Algarve, in a place with many luxury hotels. It has a wide stretch of sand, calm waters and it is located by the marina with a complete nautical centre. In the vicinity, there are many luxury restaurants, the casino and plenty of liveliness at night.