Location: Porto district in Portugal
Nearest Airport:
Porto (OPO) at 22
Kilometres
Nearest Beach:
beach at 500.0
Metres
Car: not necessary
Situated 25 km north of Oporto, Póvoa de Varzim is both a traditional fishing town and cosmopolitan summer resort for the people of northern Portugal. At one end is the port and picturesque fishermen's quarter, where the men arrange their brightly-painted boats and the womenfolk quietly sit mending their husbands' nets. The northern end of Póvoa is a lively mix of beach-side cafés, water slides, discotheques, bars, restaurants, tennis courts, quality hotels and a 1930's classy newly-renovated casino. The town's 2-km-wide expanse of sandy beach is ideal for bathing, surfing and most other kinds of water sports