Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach
Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach. To the right, the car parking.
Access stairway to the sand of Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach.
Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach - rental of awnings, straw umbrellas and sunbeds.
Panoramic view over Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach.
Weather and Tide Table
Sunrise
Sunset
to Low Tide
Low Tide
High Tide
50% | 1,5 m 4.9 ft | Low Tide | |
48% | 2,7 m 8.9 ft | High Tide | |
45% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
42% | 2,5 m 8.2 ft | High Tide | |
40% | 1,5 m 4.9 ft | Low Tide | |
38% | 2,7 m 8.9 ft | High Tide | |
35% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
33% | 2,6 m 8.5 ft | High Tide | |
31% | 1,5 m 4.9 ft | Low Tide | |
28% | 2,8 m 9.2 ft | High Tide | |
26% | 1,2 m 3.9 ft | Low Tide | |
24% | 2,7 m 8.9 ft | High Tide | |
22% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
20% | 2,8 m 9.2 ft | High Tide | |
18% | 1,2 m 3.9 ft | Low Tide | |
16% | 2,8 m 9.2 ft | High Tide | |
15% | 1,2 m 3.9 ft | Low Tide | |
13% | 2,9 m 9.5 ft | High Tide | |
11% | 1,1 m 3.6 ft | Low Tide | |
10% | 2,9 m 9.5 ft | High Tide | |
8% | 1,1 m 3.6 ft | Low Tide | |
7% | 3,0 m 9.8 ft | High Tide | |
6% | 1,0 m 3.3 ft | Low Tide | |
5% | 3,0 m 9.8 ft | High Tide | |
4% | 1,0 m 3.3 ft | Low Tide | |
3% | 3,0 m 9.8 ft | High Tide | |
2% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
1% | 3,1 m 10.2 ft | High Tide | |
1% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
0% | 3,1 m 10.2 ft | High Tide | |
0% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
0% | 3,2 m 10.5 ft | High Tide | |
0% | 0,8 m 2.6 ft | Low Tide | |
0% | 3,1 m 10.2 ft | High Tide | |
0% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
1% | 3,2 m 10.5 ft | High Tide | |
1% | 0,8 m 2.6 ft | Low Tide | |
2% | 3,1 m 10.2 ft | High Tide | |
3% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
4% | 3,2 m 10.5 ft | High Tide | |
5% | 0,8 m 2.6 ft | Low Tide | |
6% | 3,0 m 9.8 ft | High Tide | |
7% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
About the Beach
What is Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach?
It's an Oceanic Beach in the northern hemisphere bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, located on the coast of Portugal - Iberian Peninsula - in the municipality of Albufeira.
Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach has a very extensive sand of about 1 Km.
The orange and whitish cliff offers a landscape of vivid colors. The foot is full of vegetation and the top fulfilled by Jardins da Falésia apartments. A bit more to the west are the facilities of Pine Cliffs Golf Course.
The access is via a stairway coming from the car parking, which is too small to support such a long beach, so crowded during the high season.
Where is it?
Map of Praia da Falésia (Açoteias) Beach
| Coordinates Decimal Degrees (Lat/Long WGS84) Degrees, Decimal Minutes (Lat/Long WGS84) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (Lat/Long WGS84) |
Lat. 37.086102º Lon. -8.168016º N 37º 5.16612' W 8º 10.08096' N 37º 5' 9.97" W 8º 10' 4.86" |
| Parish | Olhos de Água |
| County | Albufeira |
| District | Faro |
| Region | Algarve |
| Country | Portugal |
| Continent | Europe |
| Ocean | North Atlantic |
| Maritime Authority | Capitania do Porto de Portimão |
| Protected Area | |
| Bathing Water | Falésia Açoteias |
| Coastal Unit | Olhos de Água - Ancão |
| Coastal Region | Costa Algarvia |
Awards
| Award | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
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| Water Quality | ||||||||||||
| Blue Flag | ||||||||||||
| Gold Flag | ||||||||||||
| Handicapped-Accessible Beach | ||||||||||||
| Zero Polution |