Praia de Miramar

Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto · 🇵🇹 Portugal

Waves wash around the baroque chapel of Senhor da Pedra on its granite rock.

Water at Praia de Miramar (Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal) runs to about 18°C at the height of the season, and Jun-Sep is the window to aim for.

Sea temperature

~18°C in the warm season

Water

Chilly, clear north Atlantic with steady small breakers

Sand

Pale gold sand broken by smooth granite outcrops

Swimming

Bracing; lifeguarded in season, with calmer pools among the rocks at low tide

Surf

Small, consistent beach-break peaks; a local longboard favourite

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

The seventeenth-century Senhor da Pedra chapel stands on a wave-washed granite boss mid-strand, twenty minutes from Porto by local train

Beach type

City & resort

Region

Europe

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