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Praia do Camilo

Cove with wooden stairway · Lagos (Algarve)

Praia do Camilo, Portugal — beach
Photo: dronepicr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A small cove reached by the Algarve’s most famous staircase — 100+ wooden steps zigzagging down a cliff — with a rock arch connecting two sands at low tide. Water clarity is exceptional.

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