Benagil
Benagil is a small Portuguese village on the Atlantic coast in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, in Portugal. Up to the late 20th century, the village's economy was based on ocean fishing, but it developed into a tourist area with a widely used beach, Praia de Benagil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 36 residents
- Description: beach in Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal
- Also known as: “Benagil beach” and “Praia de Benagil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia do Carvalho and Praia da Marinha.
Praia da Marinha
Beach
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Praia da Marinha is one of the most emblematic beaches of Portugal with a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, located on the Atlantic coast in Caramujeira, part of the Lagoa Municipality, Algarve, and considered by the Michelin Guide as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe and as one of the 100 most beautiful beaches in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carvoeiro and Porches.
Carvoeiro
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Carvoeiro is a village in Algarve. Carvoeiro, or more commonly known as Praia de Carvoeiro, is a Portuguese civil parish/freguesia in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa, about 5 km south of the city.
Porches
Town
Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km2. It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001. Porches is situated 5 km northeast of Benagil.
Armação de Pêra
Town
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Armação de Pêra is a town and Portuguese parish in the municipality of Silves. The population in 2011 was 4,867, in an area of 7.99 km2. The village used to be called Pêra de Baixo or Lower Pêra to distinguish it from the present Pêra, which was then named Pêra de Cima or Upper Pêra. Armação de Pêra is situated 6 km east of Benagil.
Benagil
- Categories: seaside resort, beach, and locality
- Location: Lagoa e Carvoeiro, Lagoa, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.08837° or 37° 5′ 18″ northLongitude
-8.42596° or 8° 25′ 33″ westPopulation
36Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT BNGOpen location code
8C9H3HQF+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 9842060864OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Benagil” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيناجل”
- Arabic: “بيناجيل”
- Cebuano: “Praia de Benagil”
- Chinese: “贝纳吉尔”
- Dutch: “Benagil”
- Esperanto: “Benagil”
- French: “Benagil”
- German: “Benagil”
- Korean: “베나길”
- Polish: “Benagil”
- Polish: “plaża Benagil”
- Polish: “Plaża Benagil”
- Polish: “Praia de Benagil”
- Portuguese: “Benagil”
- Portuguese: “Praia de benagil”
- Portuguese: “Praia de Benagil”
- Turkish: “Benagil”
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Notable Places Nearby
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