Enseada da Baleeira

Enseada da Baleeira is a bay in Faro District, Portugal. Enseada da Baleeira is situated nearby to the locality Ponta dos Caminhos, as well as near Cabeça de Nines.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortress of Sagres and Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres).

Fortress of Sagres

Fort

Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Fortress of Sagres, also known as Castle of Sagres or Fort of Sagres, is a military structure, located near the Sagres freguesia, in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve region of Portugal.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres)

Church

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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres) is a church.

Praia do Beliche

Beach

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Praia do Beliche is a beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sagres and Sagres Point.

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.

Sagres Point

Locality

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Sagres Point is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent, which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe.

Cabo de São Vicente

Locality

Photo: Pufacz, Public domain.

Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe.

Enseada da Baleeira

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.01666° or 37° 1′ north

Longitude

-8.92166° or 8° 55′ 18″ west

Open location code

8C9H238H+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8922610267

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2271194

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