Faro, PT

Praia da Falésia

Water Bodyocean
Sand Typesand
CountryPT
RegionFaro

Getting There

Nearest CityVilamoura2.0 km
Airport (FAO)Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport15.8 km

Safety & Conditions

Water Quality1 - excellent
Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

golden

The beach is wide with fine golden sand and stretches away westwards towards Praia da Falésia.

Predicted regional compositionlithic-rich (volcanic/collisional terrane)
Q 53%
L 44%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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