Praia das Avencas
Praia das Avencas is a beach in Carcavelos e Parede, Cascais, Lisbon District. Praia das Avencas is situated nearby to the neighborhood Baforeira, as well as near Quinta das Avencas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Área Marinha Protegida das Avencas and Casa das Pedras.
Área Marinha Protegida das Avencas
Nature reserve
The Avencas Marine Protected Area (Área Marinha Protegida das Avencas, formerly known as the Avencas Biophysical Interest Zone, is a marine protected area located on the Atlantic coast of Portugal, in the municipality of Cascais, between São Pedro do Estoril and Parede.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Domingos de Rana and Matarraque.
São Domingos de Rana
Village
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São Domingos de Rana is a civil parish of the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, part of the Greater Lisbon subregion. The population in 2011 was 57,502, in an area of 20.36 km2.
Matarraque
Neighborhood
Cascais is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2.
Carcavelos
Village
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carcavelos was, until 2013, a civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, about 12 kilometres west of Lisbon. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carcavelos e Parede.
Praia das Avencas
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Carcavelos e Parede, Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.68917° or 38° 41′ 21″ northLongitude
-9.36192° or 9° 21′ 43″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8CCGMJQQ+M6OpenStreetMap ID
way 221553181OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Praia das Avencas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Praia das Avencas”
- Portuguese: “Praia das Avencas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Avencas and Baforeira.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zona Especial de Proteção da Casa das Pedras and Escola do Ensino Básico n.º 1 - Parede.
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