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
All townsEvery town and village across the Vila Real de Santo António municipality.
What’s on
All events16 upcoming across the Vila Real de Santo António municipality.
Beaches
All beachesThe coast of the Vila Real de Santo António concelho.
Praia da Lota
Praia da Manta Rota
Praia Adão e Eva
Praia de Monte Gordo
Praia do Cabeço
Playa de San Bruno
Praia de Santo António
Praia de Cacela Velha
Local businesses
Everything in Vila Real de Santo António55 on Algarve Circle across the concelho.
O Finalmente
@restauranteofinalmente
Traditional Portuguese restaurant in Manta Rota serving Algarve cuisine since 1978.
Nautitours
Boat trips, kayak and SUP rentals on the Guadiana River with cultural and historical guided tours.
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.
Official council services
For licences, water, planning and other municipal services, the Câmara Municipal de Vila Real de Santo António handles those directly.
Are you Câmara Municipal de Vila Real de Santo António?
This page is the modern front door to your municipality, on the platform locals and visitors already use. Claim the câmara’s listing to get the official badge and a dashboard to publish your events, news and public notices, kept in sync with your own channels. It is free for councils.
Paste this on any page of the council’s website and the Vila Real de Santo António concelho agenda appears there, always current. Free, no sign-up.
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