the Algarve, Portugal

Alvor

Where the Alvor estuary meets the sea, the water sits warm, flat and barely shin-deep at low tide — small children can splash about while the Atlantic proper rumbles harmlessly beyond the sandbar.

Best forFamily
Approx. flying time~11h 40m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportFaro (FAO)

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About this place

The boardwalk through the dunes makes a lovely pushchair stroll, and the village behind has unpretentious grilled-sardine lunches. Check the tide tables before you set out: the estuary side is at its paddling best in the two hours either side of low water.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 16°C in January to 30°C in July. Driest in July and August; wettest in March, with rain on about 9 days.

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August30° · no rainWarm and dry.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — May to September.

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