Fuseta
A small fishing village on the Ria Formosa with a calm lagoon beach in town and boats across to a long island beach.
Fuseta is a small fishing village on the edge of the Ria Formosa, east of Olhão, where fishing is still the main way of life. Fishing boats fill the harbour, and the old quarter of fishermen's houses and the historic lifeguard building give the waterfront its character.
The town beach sits right on the calm lagoon and is easy to walk to. For open-sea swimming, small boats cross to Ilha da Fuseta, the eastern end of Armona island, where a long stretch of sand faces the Atlantic. It is a relaxed, low-key place, popular with families and campers in summer.