Beaches

From the Guadiana estuary to Cacela Velha, the most westerly municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, you will find a 12km-long sandy beach with a calm and, for Portugal, uniquely warm sea. The vast beach, very close to The Grand House Beach Club, is the perfect spot to spend a relaxing day in Grand style. If you’re full of energy, walk along the undulating curves of the dunes, sheltered by the shadows of the pine forests and Ria Formosa’s canals. At the end of the beach you’ll find the magical Cacela Velha Peninsula, just inside the Ria Formosa, which is accessible by boat; remarkably, on one side is the Ria channel and, on the other, the infinite ocean