{"id":671660,"date":"2025-07-20T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/671660\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:00:06","slug":"a-beach-town-most-people-dont-know-about-praia-areia-branca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/671660\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beach Town Most People Don&#8217;t Know About: Praia Areia Branca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"A Beach Town Most People Don&#039;t Know About: Praia Areia Branca\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27Pvy5sXp7o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA Beach Town Most People Don&#8217;t Know About: Praia Areia Branca<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn this video: June 28, 2025  &#8211;  4:30 pm Hi everyone! It&#8217;s the middle of summer in Portugal, so today we&#8217;re going to<br \/>\nvisit a small beach town&#8230; &#8230;that most of you have probably<br \/>\nnever heard of: Praia da Areia Branca. I&#8217;m not even sure if this<br \/>\nis a town or a village, it&#8217;s probably a village. Many of my videos in the past few months&#8230; &#8230;have been about rustic, quiet<br \/>\nvillages, full of stone houses. And that&#8217;s the kind of<br \/>\ncontent most of you prefer. But not every Portuguese<br \/>\nvillage fits that image. I think it&#8217;s important to show<br \/>\ndifferent sides of Portugal, otherwise, my videos would<br \/>\nall start to look the same. Praia da Areia Branca is located<br \/>\nalong Portugal&#8217;s Silver Coast, in the municipality of Lourinh\u00e3, about 70 km (43 miles) north of Lisbon, and 15 km (9 miles) south of Peniche. The village takes its name<br \/>\n(&#8220;white sand beach&#8221;)&#8230; &#8230;from its long beach that<br \/>\nopens into the Atlantic Ocean. This is a relatively young village. The first buildings were<br \/>\nerected during the 1920s, a period when beachgoing<br \/>\nbecame increasingly popular. It started a process of urbanization&#8230; &#8230;in an area that was,<br \/>\nuntil then, unpopulated. Praia da Areia Branca<br \/>\ndeveloped more recently&#8230; &#8230;than the neighboring seaside resorts. Coastal towns like Nazar\u00e9 and Ericeira&#8230; &#8230;were already established<br \/>\nseaside destinations by the 1920s. One of Praia da Areia Branca&#8217;s<br \/>\nmain attractions is surfing. Many of the local surf schools&#8230; &#8230;are run by members of Portugal&#8217;s<br \/>\nfirst generation of surfers. The swell is fairly consistent<br \/>\nthroughout the year, and this beach serves<br \/>\nas a quieter alternative&#8230; &#8230;to the world-class waves at<br \/>\nSupertubos Beach in Peniche, just a 20-minute drive away. Unlike crowded tourist hubs<br \/>\nlike Albufeira in particular, and the entire Algarve region in general, Praia da Areia Branca stays<br \/>\nrelatively quiet, even in summer. It attracts mostly local families, surfers, and travelers looking to<br \/>\nescape the noise and crowds. Most of the beachgoers here are Portuguese, and the village itself<br \/>\nstill feels deeply local. A classic Volkswagen Beetle! This is Rio Grande, a small river<br \/>\nabout 25 km (16 miles) long. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean<br \/>\nat Praia da Areia Branca, splitting the beach roughly in two. Campsite. There are no big hotels, no theme<br \/>\nparks, no overpriced restaurants, just a laid-back beach town with<br \/>\na genuinely Portuguese vibe. During the summer months, an artificial sandbar is built to prevent<br \/>\nthe river from reaching the sea, creating a still body of water. In the winter months, the<br \/>\nsandbar is removed. Summer temperatures here<br \/>\nare a lot lower than in Lisbon, thanks to its direct exposure to<br \/>\nAtlantic currents and coastal winds. This may or may not be a good thing, depending on your preferences. On the day I filmed this, Lisbon was sweltering at 41\u00baC (106\u00baF), while here it was a much<br \/>\ncooler 23 to 24\u00baC (73-75\u00baF). Mornings in Praia da Areia<br \/>\nBranca often start off cloudy. The water is cold year-round, especially if you&#8217;re not<br \/>\nused to Atlantic beaches. For those looking to discover a<br \/>\nquieter side of Portugal&#8217;s coastline, without the hustle of the<br \/>\nmore touristy beach towns, Praia da Areia Branca is<br \/>\ndefinitely worth considering. If you&#8217;d like to support the channel, visit:<br \/>\nBuyMeACoffee.com\/POVTours If you liked this video hit the LIKE<br \/>\nbutton and don&#8217;t forget to SUBSCRIBE More videos &#8211; Support the channel<br \/>\n<br \/>\nEscape the summer heat and crowds with a visit to Praia da Areia Branca, a quiet beach town on Portugal\u2019s Silver Coast, in the municipality of Lourinh\u00e3. Just over an hour from Lisbon, this laid-back spot offers cool Atlantic breezes, and a local vibe that hasn\u2019t been lost to mass tourism. Most visitors here are Portuguese, and it shows in the and authenticity of the place.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa6 Walking tour of Lourinh\u00e3: https:\/\/youtu.be\/kcO_Bpul3oc<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfa6 Walking tour of Peniche: https:\/\/youtu.be\/4WDqEiyl2Uk<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfa6 Walking tour of Nazar\u00e9: https:\/\/youtu.be\/5wjqlPwiZbE<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfa6 Walking tour of Ericeira: https:\/\/youtu.be\/q3bhV8n4UPU<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfa6 Walking tour of Albufeira: https:\/\/youtu.be\/c6d9owU-M6o<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf0e Map with the locations of _ALL_ my videos: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tRK6NC<\/p>\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac   \ud83e\udd17 *Support the channel* \ud83e\udd17<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f To support the channel, you can &#8216;Buy Me a Coffee&#8217; \u2615 at *https:\/\/www.BuyMeACoffee.com\/POVTours*<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f If you enjoy my videos and want to keep the channel alive, please consider helping the channel. Filming these videos all over Portugal is costly, and I don&#8217;t have sponsorships or paid promotions. Every little bit helps, thank you so much! \u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac   \ud83d\udcf7 *About POV Tours* \ud83d\udcf7<\/p>\n<p>POV Tours &#8211; Portugal is a channel for those who want to see the wonders of Portugal and learn more about the country&#8217;s history, through relaxing tours on foot, by car, boat, train, etc. Cities, remote villages, historical monuments, beaches and much more. My videos are shot from a first-person perspective to be as immersive as possible. All the videos include subtitles that provide detailed information and the history of each location I film. 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