Praia Do Túnel (Peneco)
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Praia Do Túnel (Peneco)
Praia do Túnel is a beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, in the town of Albufeira which is within the Municipality of Albufeira Municipality, Albufeira, Portugal.Portuguese civilian survey: Sheet 52B Albufeira. Publishers: Instituto Geográfico Português (Portugal Civilian Survey). Scale:1:50,000. The beach is also known as ''Praia do Peneco'' and is one of the two beaches which front the town of ''Albufeira'' with ''Praia do Túnel'' at the western end and ''Praia dos Pescadores'' lying to the eastern end of the towns seafront. The town and its beaches are located west by road of the regions capital of Faro, Portugal, Faro."Spain & Portugal 2012, Tourist and Motoring Atlas. Pub:Michelin, 2011, Description The beach gets its name from a 20 meter long tunnel next to the tourist office in the middle of Albufeira which cuts through the cliffs linking the towns square to the beach. At the western end of the beach there is a promenade which ends at the cave known as t ...
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Albufeira Municipality
Albufeira () is a city and seat of its own municipality in the district of Faro, in the southernmost Portuguese region of Algarve. The municipality population in 2021 was 44,158, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 28,645 in 2021. It is from Lisbon, and is within close proximity of Paderne Castle. Lagoa is located to the west, and Faro to the south-east. A tourist destination (due to its coastal conditions), Albufeira expands to approximately 300,000 residents during the summer and during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, owing to the number of hotels and lodgings in its municipality, that includes marina facilities, golf courses, restaurants and bars for the annual flood of visitors. History It is unclear when the first settlements specifically formed in the region of Albufeira, although scientific research suggests origins during the pre-historic epoch, and that the town of Albufeira formed as an out-port of the maritime fishery. The primitive sett ...
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