{"id":2397,"date":"2022-03-09T18:15:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2022-03-09T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:22:16","slug":"vicentina-coast-a-treasure-to-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=2397","title":{"rendered":"Vicentina Coast – a treasure to experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The coastal region between Odeceixe and S\u00e3o Vicente is part of the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentina Coast Natural Park, and throughout the years I have written many times about the region. Today I would like to make a visual summary of the main points of interest along this coastline. This comes as a result of the several Rota Vicentina trails that I have been walking in the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main reference points along this coastal region are often associated with a few villages and\/or nearby beaches. From North to South, we will find: Odeceixe, Aljezur (Amoreira, Arrifana and Monte Cl\u00e9rigo beaches), Bordeira (Carrapateira, Amado, and Murra\u00e7\u00e3o beaches), Vila do Bispo (Cordoama and Castelejo beaches), and finally Sagres\/Cabo S\u00e3o Vicente (Telheiro and Ponta Ruiva beaches). In all of these it is possible to admire wonderful seascapes, which are dominated by tall cliffs that drop precipitously into the azure ocean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cliffs are formed by heavily compressed, folded and faulted Paleozoic rock formations with around 300 million years of age. Quite often, it is this geologic complexity that shapes the topography of the coastline. Given the nearby mountains, like Monchique, several small rivers and brooks make their way to the coast, where their estuaries lead to the formation of several of the beaches mentioned above (like in Amoreira, Bordeira, and Odeceixe). What follows is a compilation of photos from these beaches, most of them taken off-season, when the silence and tranquility prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Panorama of Odeceixe beach, shaped by water and wind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Panorama of the river Seixe looking towards the sea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunset time in Arrifana, where its golden sands are protected by a cove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking South from Arrifana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carrapateira beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carrapateira beach and village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amado beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amado beach and its red rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Light from above in Murra\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waves in Murra\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Surfboards in Cordoama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of Cordoama and Castelejo beaches from Torre da Aspa, the highest point in the Algarve coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Telheiro beach at sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking North, with the red rocks of Ponta Ruiva in the middle distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ponta Ruiva.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fiery sky in Telheiro.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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S\u00e3o Vicente lighthouse at the end of the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The coastal region between Odeceixe and S\u00e3o Vicente is part of the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentina Coast Natural Park, and throughout the years I have written many times about the region. Today I would like to make a visual summary of the main points of interest along this coastline. This comes as a result of … Continue reading Vicentina Coast – a treasure to experience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2397"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions\/2471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}