Pontal da Carrapateira — circular route in Costa Vicentina

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Portugal

Algarve

Bordeira

Pontal da Carrapateira — circular route in Costa Vicentina

Moderate

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Pontal da Carrapateira — circular route in Costa Vicentina

02:47

10.6km

100m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 14, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

157 m

Carrapateira

Highlight • Settlement

Carrapateira is located in the beautiful nature of the Costa Vicentina Natural Park and is only a stone's throw from the Atlantic, well protected behind an impressive dune landscape. You …

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1.56 km

Ribeira da Carrapateira Lagoon and Dunes

Highlight • Beach

A wild beauty, endlessly wide and long and almost unvisited in May and September (apart from Survern). Here the Ribeira da Carrapateira flows into the Atlantic - at high tide it forms a lagoon with shallow and warm water.

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3.50 km

Carrapateira Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

A hiking trail leads from Carrapateira via Praia da Bordeira beach and Cape Pontal da Carrapateira to Praia do Amado beach. Beautiful rocks - orange to red.

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7.56 km

Amado Beach

Highlight • Beach

Well-known surfing beach - with surfing school. Location of the film "A Summer in the Algarve". The red rocks at the northern end of the beach are characteristic.

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10.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.36 km

1.99 km

1.49 km

431 m

307 m

Surfaces

3.84 km

3.78 km

1.25 km

1.12 km

556 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 23 October

23°C

6°C

0 %

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Expect light wind and shifting conditions.

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Comments

March 4, 2024,Praia do Amado – Great view Runde von Bordeira

Beautiful and very varied tour with great views.

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October 15, 2021,Küstenwanderung von Carrapateira zum Praia do Amado

The viewpoints on the coast are nicely laid out with footbridges, the coastline with the rocky cliffs and the long sandy beaches at the beginning and end is probably unique. Only the gravel road is barren, although there was hardly any traffic.

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October 27, 2022,Carrapateira Circular Tour

One of our favourite hikes ever! Once on the beach the path runs along a stony sand bar on the far side of a small lake. My advice is just walk across the beach to the boardwalk steps - much easier.

November 1, 2025,🇵🇹 Auf dem Gezeitenweg von Carrapateira an der Costa Vicentina 🇵🇹

@Andreas_Serenity4u Taking photos with the new camera is really fun, but I keep stumbling over all the settings. A "real" camera doesn't do anything for you, and suddenly you have to pay attention to everything: aperture, ISO, shutter speed, focus… and if one thing isn't right, the whole picture looks strange. Sometimes it's too dark, sometimes too bright, or I …

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July 11, 2022,Algarve, Circuit à Carrepateira par la route Vicentine

Very pleasant tour. After passing through the eucalyptus forest, you arrive on the coast with its magnificent views, passing by the beaches of Amada and Bordeira, then a small water point.

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June 21, 2024,Felsenküste und Strand bei Carrapateira

Today we went to the west coast, to Carrapateira. We started at the car park of the "Praia do Amado" beach, through the hinterland into the town. From there through the dunes to the "Praia da Bordeira" beach, a very extensive beach that stretches far inland. A beach mainly for surfers because of the waves. Then along the rocky coast …

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April 20, 2023,Rota Vicentina 🇵🇹: Rundweg 20 Carrapateira

Our fishing trail ends with circular route 20 near Carrapeteira. Sandy beach with dunes, red rocks and many shore anglers and a river that runs out of water just before the sea. The place offers nice restaurants. The last kilometers on the dusty country road are over quickly and end with a beautiful view. Carrapateira.

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May 3, 2024,🇵🇹Algarve Carrapateira - Praia da Bordeira - Praia do Amato und zurück

It was a nice round trip from Carapateira to Bodeira beach - the fishing path was partially flooded. The river mouth made the atmosphere varied. There were a few mobile homes parked there but it was not (yet) crowded. The rest of the route to Cap Pontal was varied. It ran parallel to a track that you could mostly avoid. …

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