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Location:
Europe,
Portugal, Algarve
Category:
Coastal view
Description:
View from the Bar Habana,
right on the Praia da Luz beach
front
Location Information:
Praia
da Luz ["Beach of Light") is a
village and resort located about 6
km from Lagos in the Algarve,
Portugal. The resort developed
around the old fishing village.
Praia da Luz (also known as "Luz de
Lagos", "Villa da Luz" or "Luz") is
the name of both the village and the
beach. Residual activities from its
origins as a fishing village are now
only found in isolated pockets to
the west, and the area is now
dominated by several holiday-villa
complexes. Praia da Luz beach is an
intermediate size Blue Flag beach
with two distinct zones: the white
sand characteristic of Algarve
beaches and the 'rock zone'. The
water is clean and transparent but
the temperature is somewhat
variable.
The
church of Nossa Senhora da Luz (Our
Lady of the Light), from which the
village takes its name, was badly
damaged in the 1755 Lisbon
earthquake and its restoration was
funded by local contributions. There
is also a Roman archaeological site
that was classified as IIP in June
1992
Local
Weather:
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