The Vila Real de Santo António municipality
The whole Vila Real de Santo António municipality, in one place.
Portugal’s most easterly seaside town, laid out on a grand Pombaline grid where the Guadiana meets the sea, with Monte Gordo’s sands next door, Cacela Velha on its clifftop and Spain a ferry ride away. This is everything happening across the concelho: the towns, the beaches, the events and the businesses, brought together and kept current by the community.
Towns of the concelho
Every town and village across the Vila Real de Santo António municipality.
What’s on
Upcoming across the Vila Real de Santo António municipality.
Monte Gordo Flea Market
Monte Gordo Flea Market
Sao Joao da Degola Festival 2026
27th Corrida da Baía de Monte Gordo
Nossa Senhora da Encarnacao Festival 2026
Nossa Senhora das Dores Festival 2026
Simply The Best: Tina Turner Tribute at Casino Monte Gordo
Feira da Praia 2026
Beaches
The coast of the Vila Real de Santo António concelho.
Local businesses
16 on Algarve Circle across the concelho.
What Vila Real de Santo António is known for
The Pombaline Grid
Laid out in 1774 under the Marquis of Pombal, the town centres on the elegant Praça Marquês de Pombal.
Monte Gordo
A vast, gently shelving beach with some of the warmest sea water in Portugal.
Cacela Velha
A tiny clifftop hamlet of church, fort and oyster beds above the Ria Formosa’s eastern tip.
The Guadiana
The riverfront looks across to Spain, and the little ferry still crosses to Ayamonte.
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