To get to this beach you can take the bus 5prt ( porto instana) and arrive here in less then 30 minutes. On the way to the beach the bus is usually not to crowded and they are always running, but on the way back the latest bus was at 18h and be at the bus stop a little bit earlier because you can experience long queues. About the beach, you have plenty of room and also a lot of small beaches that you can walk to, don't count on getting a beach chair, they were all booked, but most of them empty.... crystal clear water with thin sand, water around 22 to 24 degrees. I loved the beach although i must say something....while in my towel a sea bird, injured, appeared, I managed to carefully grab it and took it to the lifeguards hopping that they would call sea life authorities....big mistake...those kids didn't knew what to do and told me to put the bird somewhere in the forest close to the beach...to die...they also told me that they didn't care about it... I've emptied one of the large boxes they had and left the bird with them, also gently covering the box leaving two big wholes so the bird wouldn't suffocate, don't know what happened to the bird because i left hopeless for the poor bird. Sad, when all the people that were staring also didn't helped and sad when you try your best to preserve the local wildlife and nobody cares about it.... It's forbiden to take sand, coral or shells from Sardenha ( first message you see when you arrive to the airport, which i totally agree) but leaving a bird to his unfortunate fate is alright.... just sad and inhuman....