Altura

Altura is a small coastal parish in the municipality of Castro Marim, between Manta Rota and Monte Gordo. It is mainly a summer holiday place, with a wide, pale sandy beach, often called Praia da Alagoa, where the waves are usually gentle and families have plenty of room.

A little to the east, Praia Verde is backed by pine woods that give welcome shade. Outside the summer months Altura is calm, and it makes a convenient base for visiting Castro Marim's castle and salt pans, the Ria Formosa villages to the west and Vila Real de Santo António.