Location: Praia da Luz / Luz in Portugal
Nearest Airport:
Faro at 80
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Nearest Motorway:
Lagos/Ville de Bispo at 6
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 1
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Car: recommended
Located 5 km from Lagos, Praia da Luz is a small friendly family beach resort with blue flag status. The lovely palm-lined promenade to the beach has stalls selling jewellery and crafts. There are small supermarkets and shops, chemist, bank, post office, good bars and an excellent choice of good restaurants to suit all tastes.
All kinds of water sports, para-gliding, grotto boat trips/dolphin tours and fishing are available, as well as tennis, horse-riding and cycling with wonderful coastal walks and bird watching in the area.
Golfers have excellent choices nearby: Boavista 2km, Parque da Floresta 6km, Palmares 10km, Penina 14km.
Lagos has cobbled streets filled with shops bars/restaurants enclosed by ancient walls and fortifications. It has a large marina and Meia Praia, a 4km stretch of sandy beach.
Lagos Zoo, nearby water parks and Zoomarine are great for families.
The dramatic cliffs and coves in the natural park to the west are unforgettable.