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Porto da Barra Beach is located in Barra neighborhood in the city of Salvador, Brazil. It is located at the entrance of the Baía de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints), is 300 metres (980 ft), and ranges between numerous Portuguese colonial-period military fortifications. [ 1 ]
The port of Praia played an important role in the colonization of Africa and South America by the Portuguese. With 817,845 metric tonnes of cargo and 85,518 passengers handled (2017), [2] it is the second busiest port of Cape Verde, after Porto Grande (Mindelo). The bay of Praia lies between the headlands Ponta Temerosa and Ponta das Bicudas.
The city had the Portuguese nickname of Rainha das Praias (Queen of the Beaches). The municipality has some noted landmarks like the Sotto Mayor Palace, the old fishing village of Buarcos , the Serra da Boa Viagem – a small forested mountain by the Atlantic Ocean, several beaches, and its large seaside promenade paved with typical Portuguese ...
Praia das Adegas (Odeceixe, Aljezur) Praia da Salema (Budens, Vila do Bispo) Praia da Samouqueira ; Praia das Belharucas ; Praia das Furnas (Vila do Bispo) Praia da Sítio da Fábrica (Vila Nova de Cacela, Vila Real de Santo António) Praia das Quatro Águas (Tavira (Santa Maria e Santiago), Tavira) Praia das Salamitras
Costa Verde (English: Green Coast) is a tourist and coastal region of northwest Portugal, delimited by the river mouths of Minho in the north and Douro in the south. [ 1 ] The name of the region comes from the dominant colour of the dense vegetation of the land, the green ( Verde in Portuguese), supported by abundant precipitation.
Praia da Rocha (English: "Rock Beach") is a beach and built up area on the Atlantic Ocean in the southern section of the concelho of Portimão, Algarve, southern Portugal. On the eastern edge of the beach stands the Fort of Santa Catarina (Portimão). A 17th century fortress built to defend the mouth of the Arade River.
Praia de Porto Santo (English: Porto Santo Beach) is a beach located near the town Vila Baleira, on the island of Porto Santo, Portugal.. With a total length of nine kilometers, Porto Santo Beach is usually divided into areas for better administration: Calheta, Cabeço da Ponte, Ribeiro Cochino, Ribeiro Salgado, Fontinha and Penedo.
Porto Dinheiro (or Praia de Porto Dinheiro) is a locality in the civil parish of Ribamar, municipality of Lourinhã, in Portugal. It is known as a rich fossil locality, from where were found many Late Jurassic dinosaurs and mammals.