Monthly notes

Beach in Sagres

Praia da Mareta

Town beach five minutes' walk from Praça da República (Outsite); APA classes it an urban beach with intensive use, frontage 140 m; Blue Flag 2026 (ABAE); lifeguarded 1 Jun–30 Sep 2026 (Portaria).

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Open access. Lifeguards during the 2026 bathing season, 1 Jun–30 Sep (Portaria 204-A/2026/1; APA). Blue Flag period 1 Jul–30 Sep 2026 (ABAE).
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The notes

What the sources say (research)

  • Official: coastal bathing water on an urban beach with intensive use next to Sagres, inside the PNSACV and Natura 2000; golden sand in a wide bay with steep, very eroded limestone cliffs; limestone ‘lapiás’ at the tide line; frontage 140 m; tide 3.4–3.5 m; mean wave 1 m; wind N/NW; season 1 Jun–30 Sep 2026; one day of restricted bathing in 2025 (short-term pollution) [APA profile PTCX2C, 2 Oct 2026]
  • Blue Flag 2026 awardee; bathing season 01/06–30/09/2026, Blue Flag period 01/07–30/09/2026 [bandeiraazul.abae.pt; abaae.pt local page, 1 Oct 2026]
  • Qualified as “praia de banhos” for 2026 — bathing water Mareta (PTCX2C), praia de banhos “Mareta”, época balnear 1 de junho a 30 de setembro; the annex footnote (*) states that waters without a listed praia de banhos are those where, at publication, surveillance of bathers is not assured (art. 2.º n.º 5 likewise). [Portaria 204-A/2026/1, anexo I (DR 1.ª série n.º 84, supl., 30 Apr 2026)]
  • AMN “Praias Vigiadas” list (linked as “Praias Vigiadas 2025” from AMN’s landing page; no year printed on the list itself): Praia da Mareta — 1 de junho a 30 de setembro. [AMN Praias Vigiadas; AMN Época Balnear landing page]
  • Registry facilities: lifeguard, WC, showers, parking, restaurant; not certified accessible; water Excellent 2025 [guiadepraias.pt, 1 Jun 2026]
  • Five minutes’ walk from the main square; ‘one of the busiest beaches around’; ‘spanning almost 800 meters’ [outsite.co, Nov 2024]
NearbyBeaches
Schematic map with 3 numbered places around Praia da Mareta; the numbered list next to it has the same places.123Praia da Mareta0.5 kmN
  1. 1Praia da Baleeira
  2. 2Praia do Martinhal
  3. 3Praia do Tonel

Further afield: Praia do Beliche (3 km), Praia da Ingrina (7 km), Praia da Ponta Ruiva (7 km), Praia do Zavial (8 km), Praia do Castelejo (11 km), Praia da Cordoama (12 km). Straight-line distances from the centre point, not driving times.

Schematic: positions from each place's coordinates, no roads or coastline. Not for navigation.

Beach

Praia da Ponta Ruiva

Remote west-coast surf beach north of Cabo de São Vicente, reached by dirt tracks: no facilities, no lifeguard, strong currents. For experienced surfers and sunset, not for a family beach day.

  • Hard with kids
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Praia da Baleeira

Small sand strip beside Sagres fishing harbour, about 100 m: sheltered, calm, handy if you stay in town — but not a designated bathing water and no lifeguard listed for 2026.

  • OK with kids
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Praia da Cordoama

Long, wild west-coast beach next to Castelejo: reliable surf that suits beginners in summer and gets punchy from autumn; rough, rocky water for swimming. Lifeguard and Blue Flag 2026.

  • Hard with kids
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Praia da Ingrina

Small, calm cove 15 min east of Sagres: the gentlest water around for swimming and snorkelling, a seafood restaurant on the sand, lifeguard and Blue Flag in 2026. Limited parking.

  • Great with kids
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