Praia do Barranco

Praia do Barranco is a beach in Vila do Bispo e Raposeira, Vila do Bispo, Faro District. Praia do Barranco is situated nearby to the locality Ponta da Fisga, as well as near the hamlet Cerro do Homem.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Praia da Ingrina and Zavial Battery.

Praia da Ingrina

Beach

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Praia da Ingrina is a beach.

Zavial Battery

Ruins

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Zavial Battery is a ruins.

Menhirs of Padrão

Archaeological site

Photo: Pedro Ponce Asensio, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Menhirs of Padrão are a group of fifteen megalithic menhirs located in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Faro District of the Algarve region of Portugal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sagres and Figueira.

Sagres

Photo: Luc.T, CC BY 2.0.

Sagres is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of Europe, in Barlavento, western Algarve, a beach destination with some nice churches, lighthouses and forts.

Figueira is a village near Portimão in the Algarve in Portugal. In the English-speaking world its main claim to fame is the disappearance there, on 12 September 2004, of a local girl, eight-year-old Joana Cipriano, and the subsequent conviction of her mother and uncle for murder. Figueira is situated 6 km northeast of Praia do Barranco.

Salema

Neighborhood

Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vila do Bispo is a town and municipality in Portugal's Algarve. It includes the destinations of Sagres and Salema. Salema is situated 7 km northeast of Praia do Barranco.

Praia do Barranco

Type: Beach
Wheelchair access: no
Category: landform
Location: Vila do Bispo e Raposeira, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.0421° or 37° 2′ 32″ north

Longitude

-8.89517° or 8° 53′ 43″ west

Elevation

41 metres (135 feet)

Open location code

8C9H24R3+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 156814654

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

GeoNames ID

2271109

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