Alfanzina Lighthouse
Alfanzina Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Faro District, Portugal. Access is restricted and requires permission. Alfanzina Lighthouse is situated nearby to the beach Praia do Vale Espinhaço, as well as near Baloiço dos Sete Vales Suspensos.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Portugal
- Also known as: “Farol de Alfanzina”
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Praia da Marinha is situated 2½ km east of Alfanzina Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lagoa and Carvoeiro.
Lagoa
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Lagoa is a municipality in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. Lagoa is one of the most important tourist areas of the Algarve. There are various factors which have contributed to its popularity, namely the variety of offerings to visitors, and the friendliness of its citizens.
Carvoeiro
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 6 km northeast of Alfanzina Lighthouse.
Alfanzina Lighthouse
- Categories: cultural heritage, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.08675° or 37° 5′ 12″ northLongitude
-8.44258° or 8° 26′ 33″ westHeight
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8C9H3HP4+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 926620981OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q3499472
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Alfanzina Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Maják Alfanzina”
- French: “phare d’Alfanzina”
- French: “Phare d’Alfanzina”
- Portuguese: “Farol da Ponta de Alfanzina”
- Portuguese: “Farol da ponta de alfazima”
- Portuguese: “Farol de Alfanzina”
- Spanish: “Faro de Alfanzina”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praia do Vale Espinhaço and Baloiço dos Sete Vales Suspensos.
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