The small fishing town of Sagres on the westernmost tip of the European mainland is the last post on Portugal's rough, cold west coast before the warm Algarve region begins, protected from the wind and waves. Right at Sagres, the coast bends almost at a 90-degree angle to the east towards the Spanish border. When a thick Azores high spreads over the Atlantic in the summer months of June, July and August, the headland around Sagres is regularly hit by the cold trade wind Nortada. This is intensified in summer by the large temperature differences between the cold Atlantic, which rarely exceeds 18 degrees even in August, and the hot mainland. It is the only windy oasis in the south-west of Portugal. Just a few kilometres further east - between Vila do Bispo, Lagos and Faro - the thermal wind on the Algarve coast only gently fans the crowded tourist beaches.
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Tonel, Praia do Martinhal
