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Praia Da Pipa
Praia da Pipa is a beach within the Municipality of Aljezur Municipality, Aljezur, in the Algarve, Portugal."Spain & Portugal 2012, Tourist and Motoring Atlas. Pub:Michelin, 2011, The beach is on the western Coast, Seaboard in the north west of the Algarve. The beach is south south west of the village of Aljezur, and is north west, by road, from the regions capital of Faro, Portugal, Faro. The beach of ''Praia da Pipa'' is inside the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park, Vicentine Coast Natural Park,Tours around the Algarve. Published: Algarve Tourism Board/ Rotas © Região de Turismo do Algarve. an area of outstanding natural beauty. Description ''Praia da Pipa'' is a small sandy beach with steep cliffs to the rear and some interesting rock formations. The beach has very few visitors as it is very difficult to access from the landward side and is mainly visited by fishermen by boat. The beach is sometimes called ''Medo da Pipa''. At the southern end of the beac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aljezur Municipality
Aljezur () is a town and municipality of the District of Faro and Algarve region, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,884, in an area of 323.50 km². The municipality comprises 4 parishes. History Aljezur Do árabe al jazair, plural de al jazira, 'ilha'Aljezur Do árabe al jazair, plural de al jazira, 'ilha' ... Aljezur is a land that has distant origins, and is marked by various archeological remnants. Its territory has been inhabited since prehistory. Vestiges from remote pre-history generally attest to the age of the region (as early as 7000 BCE). Nomadic tribes of hunter-gathers, hunted or fished in the region, in addition to scavenging in the lands for tubers or roots, that constituted their basic diet. It was during the Neolithic and Calcolithic (3000-2500 BCE) and Bronze Age (1200-800 NCE) that settlement began to take root. But, the period of Muslim occupation (during the 10th-11th century) resulted in the largest expansion of architectonic construction, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
