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Praia da Bordeira

River-mouth beach · Aljezur (Costa Vicentina)

Praia da Bordeira, Portugal — beach
Photo: EAndy · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where the Aljezur river curls across the sand to meet the Atlantic, Bordeira offers a freshwater-cool edge, towering cliffs and one of the coast’s largest open beaches — often nearly empty even in summer.

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