Santo André Beach (''Praia de Santo André'' in
Portuguese
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, lit. "Saint Andrew Beach") is an extensive and wide
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beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...
of
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers. In 2001, there were 63,470 ...
,
Portugal
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. It is located in Santo André, between the
A Ver-o-Mar
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and
Aguçadoura Aguçadoura is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") and former civil parish located in Póvoa de Varzim. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 4,530 inhabitants and a total area of 3.47 km2. A 2013 law amalgamated it into the new ...
. It borders
Cape Santo André
Cape Santo André (Portuguese for Saint Andrew) is a cape located in the Northern coast of continental Portugal, in Santo André, municipality of Póvoa de Varzim. It is the tip of Póvoa de Varzim's cuspate foreland.
It is probably the old Ro ...
to the south.
Image:Praia de Santo Andre PVZ.jpg, Coastal Dunes recovery project by governamental agencies.
Image:Praia_de_Santo_André_Chorões.jpg, View from the parking area in Santo André Avenue.
Image:Praia de Santo André Povoa de Varzim resize.jpg, Ice plant blossoming
Image:Penedo de Santo André.JPG, Saint Andrew's Rock (''Penedo do Santo'')
This beach is very beautiful. It has flowers and pretty skies and an ocean.
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Beaches of Póvoa de Varzim