Praia Santa Eulália — Attraction in Albufeira

Beautiful beach with a stunning backdrop of typical Algarvian red and yellow cliffs. The beach is in sort-of a large cove with fairly steep cliffs at either end, though you can walk round the cliff at the eastern end to reach the adjoining beach at lower tides; the view past this cliff extends eastwards to, and just beyond, Quarteira. Praia Santa Eulália is never crowded, though you will be far from the only one on the beach at the height of summer. Lifeguards are stationed on the beach in summer.

There is a shop at the entrance to the beach, sun loungers and parasols to hire (€10 for a half-day or €15 for a full day in August 2017) and a variety of water sports available including parasailing, jetskis and pedal boats with slides. Should you not wish to hire a sun lounger there is plenty more space on the beach to settle down on your towel or whatever. If you are looking for a bite to eat, Grande Real Santa Eulália's Atlântico Bar is just at the back of the beach and is open to the public.

Public car parking is available, though it and the access road tend to get rather crowded in the summer months. If you are staying at a nearby hotel I would recommend walking rather than driving to this beach.

In my opinion, this is the perfect place for a relaxing day on an Albufeira beach, quieter than Praia da Oura but still easily accessible and with plenty of space and a few activities if that's what you're after. I would choose Praia Santa Eulália over any of Albufeira's many other beaches for a day...

Pretty awesome beach. Good for swimming, though I'd warn you to keep an eye out for rocks and there are some underwater and it is a pain when you hit them. There quite a lot of seaweeds the day I was there but can't say if it's a constant thing or not. You could still swim further deep into the beach to get a seaweed-free swimming though, so not that much of a problem. There's a bar/restaurant in the beach where you can get drinks and bring down to the beach - don't know if you can bring down food though but I doubt you could. To the right there some nice rock formations worth exploring and to the left there's a nice walk uphill where you can get a nice view from the whole beach. It seems this beach gets busy really early; I arrived there just before 11am on a Friday and there was hardly any parking left and not a lot of parasols left either, so go early or take a cab and bring your own beach gear. This beach also got some nice waves which you can have fun trying to catch them...

Found this beach by accident whilst walking west away from the strip, which is situated in the next bag resort along, but so glad I did. it's a lot quiter and family friendly with a wide expanse of golden sandy beach. Stopped there for a lunch in the beach restaurant, situated directly overlooking the beach, amazing vistas in both directions. Tip..for the adventurous and head for heights only..you can climb up and take the daring cliff top well all along to the next main beach resort or last to albufiera beach, the views are stunning and you get to climb into many hidden small bays..privacy and a whole mini beaches to yourself for the...