Praia da Marinha (in
English: ''Navy Beach'' or ''Marinha Beach'') is one of the most emblematic
beaches of
Portugal with a
hot-summer Mediterranean climate, located on the
Atlantic coast in
Caramujeira
Caramujeira is one of the most luxurious hamlets of Portugal, located in the civil parish of Lagoa and Carvoeiro, on the outskirts of the city of Lagoa, in the Algarve region. It became well known for including the famous Marinha Beach, consid ...
, 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. In 1998, it was also awarded with the distinguished ''"Golden Beach"'' award by the Portuguese
Ministry of the Environment because of its outstanding natural qualities. Furthermore, many pictures of this beach have often been used in promotional material and "Guides of Portugal" distributed around the world. The beach itself is fairly small and sandy, and orange limestone cliffs border this famous beach. The beach also has some difficulty to get there, it is a little off the main road and the foot path takes a sharp descent downward.
This beach is not only famous for its
cliffs, but also for the quality of the water. Marinha Beach has often been used by international advertising agencies and by
television producers in advertising campaigns.
In 2018, the US television network
CNN chose Marinha Beach in the Algarve as one of the 20 most beautiful in the world in the category of beaches with cliffs.
In 2019, CNN re-elected Marinha Beach as the Portuguese beach with the award for best spot to visit in September and also as one of the best destinations in the world.
Map of the Best Beaches: Praia da Marinha (Marinha Beach), Algarve, Portugal
in CNN Travel, 2019.
Gallery
File:Praia da Marinha (2012-09-27), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (90).JPG, Marinha Beach
File:Praia da Marinha (2012-09-27), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (1).JPG, Marinha Beach
File:Praia da Marinha (2012-09-27), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (26).JPG, Marinha Beach
File:Praia da Marinha (2012-09-27), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (31).JPG, Marinha Beach
File:Praia de Marinha.jpg, Marinha Beach
References
See also
* Carvoeiro (Lagoa)
Carvoeiro is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality (''concelho'') of Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Lagoa e Carvoeiro. The population in 2011 was 2,721, in an area of 11.66 km². It is ...
* Lagoa, Algarve
Lagoa () is a city and municipality in the district of Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 22,975, in an area of 88.25 km². Its urban population, in the city of Lagoa proper, is 6,100 in ...
* Tourism in Portugal
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Beaches of the Algarve