Parking

This is a sandy fairly flat parking area in the dunes just before the 5km long beach. About 15 motorhomes would probably fit here depending on the parking. There are NO dedicated parking spaces for motorhomes and there is even a sign on the road-in prohibiting motorhomes. There are some derelict buildings here that have rubbish dumped in them but checkout the German street artist Tona's 3 pieces. They look authentic with his signature. There are no services here. The full services (€2 for fresh water only. Token at stadium) are 5 minutes up the road across the bridge at the stadium which is also payed (€3 for 24hrs) parking. The center of town is 20 minutes walk away over the pedestrian bridge. You may be lucky enough to see this bridge open letting boats out to sea. There are plenty of restaurants and cafes in the town but most have tourist prices and are quite expensive for Portugal. Go a little outside the center for better prices. We were shopping at Intermarche and we each got baguettes with soup, coffee and cakes for only €3.50 each. The beach is 5km from breakwater to breakwater. It's easy walkable as the sand is compact close to the surf. Took us less than 2 hours to do the 10km. We spent 1 quite night here, had a look around the town the next morning and moved off in the afternoon. Unfortunately we did see a motorhome dump his grey water where he was parked. This is a perfect place if you are a beach lover. Pros: Free parking. Practically on the beach. Very quiet. Restaurant close-by. Cons: No beach showers. Sand gets everywhere. No shade. Bugs/Mosquitoes. (They love us..) I got a mosquito bite while walking on the beach, but that was it. We finished the walk about 6.15pm and stayed in the van till morning. This was a muggy late October evening with temps of 23 degrees during the day.