Faro, PT

Praia da Oura

Water Bodyocean
Sand Typesand
CountryPT
RegionFaro

Getting There

Nearest CityAlbufeira2.4 km
Airport (FAO)Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport23.7 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

golden

The beach is in a small bay and has fine gold sand and some rock formations.

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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