6 05 17 Carrapateira
Carrapateira é uma aldeia situada na costa ocidental do Algarve, Portugal. Administrativamente, faz atualmente parte da freguesia da Bordeira, no concelho de Aljezur; tendo sido sede de freguesia até ao século XIX. Os seus pontos de interesse incluem um forte costeiro e a igreja da aldeia.
Esta localidade é muito conhecida e frequentada por muitos que se deslocam para a Praia do Amado.
Praia da Carrapateira
Espaçosa e de grande beleza, é uma das mais famosas praias da Costa Vicentina. Na extremidade sul, na área mais popular para a prática de surf, desagua numa ribeira. No Verão há uma ponte de madeira que permite a travessia do curso de água que, durante a maré alta, pode ser difícil de cruzar a vau. Na retaguarda, uma vasta área de dunas separa a praia da localidade da Carrapateira. Durante a maré baixa o já vasto areal ganha enormes dimensões.
Carrapateira is a village on the western coast of the Algarve, Portugal. Administratively, it is part of the civil parish of Bordeira, within the municipality of Aljezur, in the Faro District. Its landmarks include an old fort and a church. The nearby beaches are a popular surfing destination.
Carrapateira lies 35.6 kilometres (22.1 mi) by road northwest of Lagos and 110 kilometres (68 mi) northwest of Faro. It is located along the N268 road. To the northeast is the village of Bordeira while the village of Vilarinha lies to the southeast. A small stream named Ribeira da Carrapateira flows through the village, and it is surrounded by the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park.
Situated in a hilly, dry and barren area, with only a small river and a few wells, Carrapeteira never supported a large population. It was traditionally a hamlet conjoined in a single parish with nearby Raposeira, dependent on the municipality of Vila do Bispo (until 1855) and then Lagos. In September 1861, the parish of Carrapateira was conjoined to Bordeira, both deducted from Lagos and transferred to the municipality of Alzejur.
Carrapateira sits on a small indented headland of limestone cliffs on the western Vincentine coast of the Algarve. Carrapateira point, or Pontal, was a traditional danger for sailing ships, its high reddish rock formations looking deceptively similar to Cape St. Vincent, the southwest corner of Portugal's coast some eleven miles further south. The extremely fast southbound current and the jutting headland that made it a dangerous lure for shipwrecks in the past also creates the conditions which have made it a popular surfing destination in recent years. To the north of the Carrapateira headland is the vast Praia da Bordeira, regarded as one of the best beaches in Portugal, noted for its rugged limestone cliffs and extensive sand dunes to the south is the Praia do Amado, highly popular with surfers. The village contains the Carrapateira Surfhouse, offering surf courses for beginners and guided surf tours.