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

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Algarve

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

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

00:38

2.48km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Waypoints

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Parking

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73 m

Praia do Pixarro

Highlight • Beach

very wide beach

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352 m

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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473 m

Bike path along the Armacao Algarve coast

Highlight • Cycleway

Well-maintained cycle-walking path over boardwalks

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545 m

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 that leads to the upper platform is rusting (as of Nov. 2018).

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1.06 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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1.25 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 Alcantarilha to the west and the Lagoa dos Salgados to the east.

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