Praia do Quião

Praia do Quião is a beach in A Ver-o-Mar, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District. Praia do Quião is situated nearby to the locality Aver-o-Mar, as well as near Boucinha.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Póvoa de Varzim Municipal Stadium and Póvoa de Varzim City Park.

Póvoa de Varzim Municipal Stadium

Stadium

Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, 30 km from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers.

Póvoa de Varzim City Park

Park

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Póvoa de Varzim City Park is situated 2½ km east of Praia do Quião.

Rocha Peixoto Municipal Library

Library

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The Rocha Peixoto Municipal Library is a public library system serving the city of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Its main library is located in Póvoa de Varzim school district, at Rua Padre Afonso Soares. Rocha Peixoto Municipal Library is situated 3 km southeast of Praia do Quião.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aguçadoura and Amorim.

Aguçadoura

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Aguçadoura is a town in the Douro Litoral, Norte region of Portugal. It lies on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago and has 4,200 inhabitants.

Amorim

Village

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Amorim is a suburban area in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It is an ancient ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish. It is bordered by Aver-o-Mar to the west and by Terroso to the east. Amorim is situated 3 km east of Praia do Quião.

Navais

Village

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Navais is a parish and former civil parish in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 1,683 inhabitants and a total area of 4.23 km². A 2013 law amalgamated it into the new União das Freguesias de Aguçadoura e Navais. Navais is situated 3 km northeast of Praia do Quião.

Praia do Quião

Type: Beach
Also known as: “Praia do Quiao”
Category: landform
Location: A Ver-o-Mar, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.40839° or 41° 24′ 30″ north

Longitude

-8.78301° or 8° 46′ 59″ west

Elevation

21 metres (69 feet)

Open location code

8CHHC658+9Q

GeoNames ID

10342606

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