Faro, PT

Praia da Marinha

Water Bodyocean
CountryPT
RegionFaro

Getting There

Nearest CityCarvoeiro3.7 km
Airport (PRM)Portimão Airport16.6 km

Safety & Conditions

Water Quality1 - excellent
Shark Incidents0recorded

Facilities

✓ Parking✓ Restrooms

Sand & Geology

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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